Synonyms of resigned

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adjective

ri-ˈzīnd 

as in passive

receiving or enduring without offering resistance

I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passive
• obedient
• willing
• acquiescent
• stoic
• tolerant
• tolerating
• yielding
• nonresistant
• surrendering
• subordinate
• patient
• compliant
• unresistant
• docile
• uncomplaining
• complying
• impassive
• forbearing
• conformist
• submissive
• pliant
• conformable
• long-suffering
• amiable
• pliable
• tractable
• amenable
• subservient
• agreeable
• obliging
• apathetic
• unresponsive
• uncaring
• manageable
• disciplined
• obeisant
• governable
• guidable
• law-abiding
• slavish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protesting
• resistant
• resisting
• defiant
• unyielding
• uncontrollable
• contrary
• mutinous
• rebellious
• intractable
• insubordinate
• contumacious
• restive
• disobedient
• refractory
• recalcitrant
• ungovernable
• unruly
• insurgent
• wayward
• balky
• willful
• wrongheaded
• perverse
• headstrong
• indomitable
• untoward
• undisciplined
• unmanageable
• dissident
• incompliant
• froward
• nonconformist

resigned

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verb

past tense of resign

as in relinquished

to give up (as a position of authority) formally

following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relinquished
• abdicated
• renounced
• ceded
• denied
• surrendered
• vacated
• stepped down (from)
• waived
• stepped aside (from)
• disavowed
• abnegated
• abandoned
• disowned
• disclaimed
• demitted
• forsook
• abjured
• deserted
• handed over
• quit
• gave up
• yielded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assumed
• claimed
• appropriated
• confiscated
• seized
• took over
• protected
• secured
• arrogated
• defended
• usurped
• guarded
• wrested
• safeguarded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of resigned

Adjective

Liz Alvarado skillfully broadens this figure from a resigned, knowing older woman committed to marrying for security, to believably revealing dormant feelings within her that tamped down her first-and-only true enamorado Diego. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 12 May 2026

Neither is the machine that, partway through the play, noisily turns the stage into a great berg of foam, which slowly subsumes a resigned Kramer. — Talya Zax, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2026

Verb

In 1965, when the American Camping Association adopted a nondiscriminatory, interracial policy, 125 members resigned in opposition. — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026

Speaker Yuri Bohlen congratulated Edmondson for replacing a council member who resigned amid recall efforts. — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026