Join and Retire

Join

Join verb - To be adjacent to.

Retire is an antonym for join.

Nearby Words: joined, joining

Retire

Retire verb - To go to one's bed in order to sleep.

Join is an antonym for retire in leave a place or responsibility topic.

Nearby Words: retired, retiring, retirement, retiree

Common collocations

business join business retire business
group join group retire group
family join family retire family
class join class retire class
Other words: time, game, fleet, quest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Crusader Kings Dropped a Bridge on Him: Characters will sometimes retire or join a monastery; the game treats them for all purposes as though they'd died.
  • Comicbook / War Machine He would also retire, only to join up with The Crew—without Power Armor at his disposal—after his sister was killed by a powerful street gang.
  • In 2015, James Storm asked Mickie James, who had announced her retirement to raise her son, not to retire and to join his stable.
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