fired

fir·ed
F4I1R1E1D2
UK/ˈfaɪ̯əd/US/ˈfaɪ̯ɚd/US/ˈfaɪ̯ɹ̩d/

adjective

dismissed, terminated from employment.

Similar
dischargeddismissedlaid-offpink-slippedunemployed
OriginEnglish fire ← Middle English fyr ← Old English fȳr →
CommonScrabble 9
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Meanings

adjective
  1. dismissed, terminated from employment.
  2. ceramicsHeated in a furnace, kiln, etc., to become permanently hardened.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fire

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving lost your job

Similar
dischargeddismissedlaid-offpink-slippedunemployed
Also see
dismissedfireelaid-offunemployed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*fōr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*fuir
  4. Old Englishfȳr
  5. Middle Englishfyr
  6. Englishfire
  7. Englishfired

From fire + -ed.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

German gekündigt
  • gekündigtdismissed
Greek οπτός
  • οπτός (optós)ceramics: kilned
Hungarian égetett
  • égetettdismissed
Swedish sparkad, avskedad
  • sparkaddismissed
  • avskedaddismissed
Tagalog talsik
  • talsikdismissed

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fired

requireddesiredacquiredinspiredretiredwiredexpiredunexpiredmiredundesireduninspiredattiredunfiredspiredovertiredesquiredoverfiredsemiretiredsuspiredtyredunadmiredunderfiredunhiredunretired
All rhymes →

Anagrams

friedredifEfirdFedirFreid
Cite this entry
APA

fired. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fired

MLA

“fired.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fired. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fired,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fired.

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