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

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

Nelson, demoralized by the trade, missed nine games that season due to illness and resigned under pressure three months later in February 1995. — John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

The old coach resigned a year and a half later, shortly before the 2010 season, as new owners Lacob and Peter Guber pursued a younger approach. — Carl Steward, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2026