Reticent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.
  • adj. Restrained or reserved in style.
  • adj. Reluctant; unwilling.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Disposed to be silent; reserved; not apt to speak about or reveal any matters: as, he is very reticent about his affairs.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. reluctant to draw attention to yourself
  • adj. temperamentally disinclined to talk
  • adj. cool and formal in manner
    • Equivalent
    unassertive    taciturn    undemonstrative   
    Antonym
    communicative    talkative   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reserved    uncommunicative    silent    dumb    secretive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    uncommunicative    secretive    cautious    aloof    observant   
     
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