RESIGNED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

The album’s 20 songs are the resigned and rueful sound of him making amends with his obscurity, and his larger place in the universe. —

Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026 When legends who have left the public eye or dealt with illness pass away, there’s a sort of resigned expectation, but that wasn’t the case with Keaton, who worked all the way to the end before dying at 79. —

Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025

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None of his senior Cabinet ministers had resigned. —

Sam Knight, New Yorker, 14 May 2026 Carrera Sikkema was arrested two months later in New York; shortly later, the Brazilian legal team representing Prevez resigned. —

Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for resigned

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned

Adjective

Legislation and lawmakers revolved around it in a predictable, if not always passive, pattern.

— Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
Pointing up the cinematic objectification of women, the work transformed the female body from a passive, sexualized object to an active participant in a public action in which players were forced to reckon with the roles assigned them by a patriarchal society.

— News Desk, Artforum, 15 May 2026