retiree
/ɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ)ˌiː/
retiree noun: someone who has retired from active working.
Noun
retiree (plural retirees)
- Someone who has retired from active working.
- He has been a retiree since 2001.
retiree meaning in Kannada, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
retiree in Kannada
- ನಿವೃತ್ತನಾಗುವವನು
retiree in Arabic
- someone who has retired from active working
- مُتَقَاعِد mutaqāʕid
retiree in Malay
- someone who has retired from active working
- pesara
retiree in Indonesian
- someone who has retired from active working
- pensiunan
More languagesFewer languages
- retiree in Vietnamese
- người về hưu
- retiree in Myanmar
- ပင်စင်စား pangcangca:
Examples of retiree in a sentence
- A wave of retirees began moving to the coastal area.
- During the pandemic, Jeannie Kelley, a 66-year-old retiree, has remained a stalwart bargain hunter.
- Then the retiree goes back to a real shirtsleeves again if he lives long enough.
Synonyms of retiree
Forms of retiree
| plural | retirees |
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Origin of retiree
From retire + -ee.
Words formed from retiree
Questions about retiree
- What does retiree mean?
- Retiree means someone who has retired from active working.
- What is retiree in Kannada?
- Retiree in Kannada is ನಿವೃತ್ತನಾಗುವವನು. See Retiree meaning in Kannada.
- What part of speech is retiree?
- Retiree is a noun.
- How do you pronounce retiree?
- Retiree is pronounced /ɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ)ˌiː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of retiree?
- The plural of retiree is retirees.
Words near retiree in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retiree (page history and authors); retiree (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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