Synonyms for retiring
rɪˈtaɪər ɪŋre·tir·ing

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1. retiring

   Synonyms:
   modest, reserved, shy, unassuming, unobtrusive

   Antonyms:
   impertinent, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, officious

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1. retiring, unassumingadjective

   not arrogant or presuming

   "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

   Synonyms:
   past(a), self-effacing, unassuming, preceding(a), retiring(a), reticent

   Antonyms:
   self-asserting, immodest, incoming, assertive, self-assertive

2. past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)adjective

   of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

   "a retiring member of the board"

   Antonyms:
   self-asserting, immodest, incoming, assertive, self-assertive

3. reticent, self-effacing, retiringadjective

   reluctant to draw attention to yourself

   Synonyms:
   retiring(a), restrained, preceding(a), self-effacing, untalkative, reticent, unassuming, unemotional, past(a)

   Antonyms:
   immodest, self-assertive, assertive, incoming, self-asserting

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1. retiringadjective

   Synonyms:
   reserved, taciturn, shy, demure, bashful, diffident, modest, coy

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1. retiringadjective

   Synonyms:
   diffident, shy, coy, shrinking, reserved, modest

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1. List of paraphrases for "retiring":

   outgoing, retirement, pension, outbound, retreat, retraite, retire

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1. Rahul Koranne:

   We were already short thousands of workers before the first Covid case showed up, and now the health care workers are exhausted. They are retiring. They are resigning, they are going to other industries. That is limiting our care capacity, and so we're telling our community that at this point if you had a motor vehicle accident or had a heart attack our care capacity is limited. It's really a crisis.

2. Steven Dudash:

   (Buying) retiring advisors will be a huge part of the business moving forward.

3. Chris Kostas:

   The trend in favor of gas is here to stay. Generators are adding more gas plants while retiring older coal plants.

4. Todd Rosenbluth:

   There's a very small handful of managers who are known, and like everybody else they are getting older and sooner or later they will be retiring, at that point it's not inconceivable for investors to say I'm just going to choose a Vanguard 500 index fund from now on.

5. John Miller:

   Davis came in facing a perfect storm of problems. Because of morale issues in the post-George Floyd time, many of the most experienced officers were retiring at a time when police were not only feeling underappreciated but in some way painted with a broad brush and vilified.