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. Lindsey Graham:

   In 1950, there were 16 workers for every retiree. How many are there today? There are three, in 20 years, there is going to be two, and you're going to have 80 million Baby Boomers like me retiring en masse, wanting a Social Security check and their Medicare bills paid. We're going to need more legal immigration. Let's make it logical. Let's pick people from all over the world on our terms, not just somebody from Mexico. Let's create a rational, legal immigration system because we have a declining workforce.

2. Oliver Contreras/Pool/Sipa:

   Liberal reporters frankly supported the mandate, so they never did much digging. But as of January, there were 31,000 fewer full-time airline workers than before COVID. And while we were told pretty much everyone was complying, it turns out a lot of people were also quitting or retiring early, it's gotten so bad that JetBlue is basically begging flight attendants to take on some open shifts. Alaska Airlines is paying double to take on extra work, but it was the number of retiring pilots that is the most alarming. Obviously, no pilots means no flights.

3. Brantner Smith:

   I want the American public to hear about that, and based on our survey, the American public wants to hear about that. They want to hear the testimony. Brantner Smith know, we have a Las Vegas police officer who is still paralyzed from the Black Lives Matter riots. We have thousands of police officers around the country who are retiring because of post-traumatic stress because of the riots.

4. Katelyn Barley:

   With more nurses retiring their will not be enough people to care for patients in the hospital.

5. Duncan Hunter:

   The truckers would need to hire close to one million truckers over the next 10 years. You have a lot of people retiring.