RESIGNED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ri-ˈzīnd

Definition of resigned

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

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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

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Recent Examples of resigned

Adjective

There’s no wonder or dread in this future — just the resigned acceptance that nothing is remarkable, despite all the nifty gadgets everyone has. — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 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

Verb

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic resigned from the presidency in September and is running for prime minister in parliamentary elections considered to be one of the most competitive elections for Serbia in recent memory. — Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026 On Friday, Senatobia mayor Greg Graves told CNN Foster has resigned. — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resigned

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned

Adjective

If power fails or core temperatures rise, the system shuts down and the liquid fuel salt drains by gravity into passive dump tanks without operator action.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Eventually, both active movement — moving your own arm — and passive movement — when someone else tries to move it — become restricted.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of passive

Verb

Here, again, our disappearing Education Department abdicated its constitutional role to the governor and attorney general.

— David Bloomfield, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2026
Naruhito assumed the duties of emperor, a position with ceremonial roles but no political power, after his father Akihito abdicated earlier in the year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of abdicated

Adjective

He is helped by his god-daughter Saga (Zazie Beetz), who is a top FBI agent willing to go undercover in a psychiatric hospital to get close to Walter.

— Irenie Forshaw, TheWeek, 4 Nov. 2026
Historically, Miami-Dade voters haven’t been willing to endorse paying commissioners more.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of willing

Verb

Far more Democrats renounced their party affiliation or switched to Republican than the other way around over the past two years.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
Advertisement Several branches of the Japanese imperial family renounced their royal status in 1947 to cut down on costs the monarchy incurred after the war.

— Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of renounced

Adjective

Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.

— Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
That amendment had been made a dead letter by Jim Crow state legislatures and an acquiescent Supreme Court.

— Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026