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retired

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of RETIRED

screened or sequestered from view <hiked out to a retired beach and fished in the surf>

Synonyms cloistered, covert, hidden, isolated, quiet, remote, retired, secret, sheltered

Related Words lone, lonely, lonesome, reclusive, solitary; private

Near Antonyms obvious, visible; exposed

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