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

Three employees resigned, and the sheriff's office requested a Georgia Bureau of Investigation inquiry. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Elected in 2020 to represent North Sacramento on the Sacramento City Council, Loloee resigned from office in January 2024. — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resigned

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned

Adjective

There’s also a big difference between active and passive screen time, researchers have found.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Avoid Managing The Stock Market Like A Startup Having a high-agency, active control attitude toward passive, public markets in which there is no operational impact is the largest gap.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of passive

Verb

After both sisters had abdicated planning the memorial, logistical matters—the casket and its transport, the readings, and, yes, the flowers—had fallen to the front desk volunteer of a church my grandmother no longer attended.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Few performers have ever been so naturally gifted at the pop-star pose, yet few have abdicated the gig so fast.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of abdicated

Adjective

Ours is a society in which those intrepid few who are willing to engage with their surroundings will find no eyes or ears to receive them.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
But that has been changing since the pandemic, as consumers became more interested, knowledgable and willing to experiment with fragrances than ever.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of willing

Verb

The great religious thinkers of Antiquity—from Gautama to Pythagoras to Jesus—taught that property should be renounced or held in common.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
China claims Taiwan as its sovereign territory and has never renounced the use of force to achieve unification.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Sep. 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

Definition of acquiescent

Adjective

Terrence split almost immediately, and Julianne deposited her small son on the Missouri farm of her Uncle Claude, a stoic, kindly old man.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Aaron is maybe a little more stoic than his character is written, which then allowed Gabe [to have] this kinetic, golden retriever energy.

— Ellise Shafer, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026