'Retiring' definitions:
Definition of 'retiring'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl" [syn: retiring, unassuming]
adjective
Of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office; "a retiring member of the board" [syn: past(a), preceding(a), retiring(a)]
adjective
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent, self-effacing, retiring]
Definition of 'Retiring'
From: GCIDE
- Retire \Re*tire"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Retired; p. pr. & vb. n. Retiring.] [F. retirer; pref. re- re- + tirer to draw. See Tirade.]
- 1. To withdraw; to take away; -- sometimes used reflexively. [1913 Webster]
- He . . . retired himself, his wife, and children into a forest. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- As when the sun is present all the year, And never doth retire his golden ray. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To withdraw from circulation, or from the market; to take up and pay; as, to retire bonds; to retire a note. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cause to retire; specifically, to designate as no longer qualified for active service; to place on the retired list; as, to retire a military or naval officer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Retiring'
From: GCIDE
- Retiring \Re*tir"ing\, a.
- 1. Reserved; shy; not forward or obtrusive; as, retiring modesty; retiring manners. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to retirement; causing retirement; suited to, or belonging to, retirement. [1913 Webster]
- Retiring board (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service.
- Retiring pension, a pension granted to a public officer on his retirement from office or service. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'retiring'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloof,
- aseptic,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- boat-shaped,
- boatlike,
- bowl-shaped,
- bowllike,
- cavelike,
- cavernous,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- concave,
- concaved,
- constrained,
- cool,
- coy,
- craterlike,
- cup-shaped,
- cupped,
- cymbiform,
- declining,
- demure,
- detached,
- diffident,
- diminishing,
- discreet,
- dish-shaped,
- dished,
- dishing,
- dishlike,
- distant,
- dwindling,
- dying,
- ebbing,
- expressionless,
- fading,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- funnel-breasted,
- funnel-chested,
- funnel-shaped,
- guarded,
- hollow,
- hollowed,
- humble,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- incurved,
- incurving,
- incurvous,
- infundibular,
- infundibuliform,
- introverted,
- meek,
- modest,
- navicular,
- naviform,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- quiet,
- rabbity,
- receding,
- reclusive,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retreating,
- saucer-shaped,
- scaphoid,
- scyphate,
- self-effacing,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- sinking,
- spoonlike,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- sunk,
- sunken,
- suppressed,
- timid,
- timorous,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- unassertive,
- unassuming,
- unassured,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unpretentious,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- waning,
- withdrawn
Words containing 'Retiring'
- Retire,
- Retired,
- Retiredly,
- Retirement,
- Retirer,
- Retired flank,
- Retired list,
- Retiring board,
- Retiring pension,
- retired person,
- retirement account,
- retirement benefit,
- retirement check,
- retirement community,
- retirement complex,
- retirement fund,
- retirement pension,
- retirement plan,
- retirement program,
- individual retirement account,
- retirement savings account,
- retirement savings plan,
- association for the advancement of retired persons