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miniretirement

miniretirement noun: synonym of microretirement.

Noun

miniretirement (countable and uncountable, plural miniretirements)

  1. Synonym of microretirement.
    • The distant cousin of a sabbatical, the miniretirement refers to young workers taking a chunk of time out of their careers to travel, focus on passions or pick up a new side gig while they’re young, rather than waiting until their 60s. […] “For example, we’re far more likely to freelance or do...2024 December 31, Brooke Kato, “What is ‘microretirement’? Gen Z and millennials spawn new career trend to help with woes”, in New York Post, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2025
    Synonyms:
    microretirement

Synonyms of miniretirement

Forms of miniretirement

pluralminiretirements
alternative formmini-retirement

Origin of miniretirement

From mini- + retirement.

Questions about miniretirement

What does miniretirement mean?
Miniretirement means synonym of microretirement.
What part of speech is miniretirement?
Miniretirement is a noun.
What is the plural of miniretirement?
The plural of miniretirement is miniretirements.

Words near miniretirement in the dictionary

  1. minirefrigerators
  2. minireplicon
  3. minireplicons
  4. miniresurgence
  5. miniresurgences
  6. miniretirement
  7. miniretirements
  8. miniretrospective
  9. miniretrospectives
  10. minireview
  11. minireviews

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