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

Hoyos took over as interim manager in April after the unexpected departure of Javier Mascherano, who led the team to the 2025 MLS Cup title and resigned for personal reasons along with his entire coaching staff. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 Also, the education minister actually resigned, which is a major victory for these folks. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for resigned

Recent Examples of Synonyms for resigned

Adjective

The system was used to explore how mobile robotics could extend the reach of passive drone detection into forward or hazardous areas while operators remained elsewhere in the battlespace.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
He is then absorbed into a government system under which people without work are assigned mandatory tasks to prevent them from becoming too passive.

— Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of passive

Verb

Goss voluntarily relinquished his Missouri law license and surrendered his right to practice law in Kansas.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
During her tenure, Miss USA 2023 Noelia Voigt and Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava relinquished their titles; Voigt had accused Rose of a toxic workplace culture.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquished

Verb

Considered too lenient toward the Germans, Marie-Adelaide abdicated in January 1919 in favor of her sister, Charlotte.

— Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
The popular king modernized the royal house but refused to follow in the footsteps of other aging monarchs who have abdicated in recent times.

— CBS News, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of abdicated

Adjective

Premium large format, or PLF, is intended for blockbuster feature films, which moviegoers are willing to pay a higher price to attend.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
There are too few house-moving crews left in the state, Jaybush said, and too few contractors willing to figure out how to prepare a house for moving and put it back together again.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of willing

Verb

Yermolaiev has lived in the glitzy city state on the Mediterranean coast for several years, having left Ukraine and renounced his Ukrainian citizenship in 2019 to become a citizen of Cyprus.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Their virality comes at a time when the very generation that inspired them has largely renounced the label.

— Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 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