All emeritus synonyms

adjective emeritus

• elderly — (of a person) old or aging.
• resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
• superannuated — retired because of age or infirmity.
• emerita — (of a woman who is the former holder of an office, especially a female college professor) having retired but allowed to retain her title as an honor.
• discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• retiring — that retires.
• cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
• humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• immured — to enclose within walls.
• secluded — sheltered or screened from general activity, view, etc.: a secluded cottage.
• shy — bashful; retiring.
• withdrawn — past participle of withdraw.
• inactive — not active: an inactive volcano.
• otiose — being at leisure; idle; indolent.
• unfrequented — not habitually visited, traveled, or occupied: an unfrequented side street.