What are the opposite words for outgoing?
Outgoing is a term used to describe someone who is extroverted, social and friendly. However, the antonyms for outgoing can describe a completely different personality. The word introverted is the complete opposite of outgoing, as it refers to an individual who is reserved, reflective and prefers to spend time alone. Additionally, the terms shy, withdrawn and timid can also describe someone who is not outgoing. In contrast to outgoing, these words imply a lack of confidence and social skills. Other antonyms include unsociable, reclusive and distant, each implying a level of isolation and disinterest in socializing with others.
- disbursement
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humble
- supplicatory,
- unambitious,
- more supplicatory,
- more unambitious,
- most supplicatory,
- most unambitious,
- self conscious,
- self effacing,
- selfconscious,
- selfeffacing,
- soft spoken,
- softspoken,
- sub missive,
- un ambitious,
- un obtrusive,
- un ostentatious,
- un-ambitious,
- un-obtrusive,
- un-ostentatious,
- un-pretentious.
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moderate
- abstinent,
- disciplined,
- not excessive,
- be arable,
- be-arable,
- de liberate,
- de-liberate,
- in considerable,
- in expensive,
- in-considerable,
- in-expensive,
- low key,
- lowkey,
- mid way,
- mid-way,
- more abstinent,
- more disciplined,
- most abstinent,
- most disciplined,
- non partisan,
- non-partisan,
- un troubled,
- un-troubled.
- arriving
- friendly
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secluded
- blockaded,
- off the beaten track,
- Screened,
- Seclusive,
- be leaguered,
- be-leaguered,
- more beleaguered,
- more blockaded,
- more isolate,
- more secluse,
- more seclusive,
- more sequestered,
- most beleaguered,
- most blockaded,
- most isolate,
- most secluse,
- most seclusive,
- most sequestered,
- off beaten track,
- re tired,
- secluse,
- tucked away,
- un frequented,
- un inhabited,
- un-frequented,
- un-inhabited.
- limited
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restrained
- in charge,
- in check,
- under control,
- unexpansive,
- Unaffable,
- on a leash,
- calm and collected,
- calm collected,
- corked up,
- in obtrusive,
- in-obtrusive,
- more chilled,
- more muted,
- more unaffable,
- more unexcessive,
- more unexpansive,
- most chilled,
- most muted,
- most unaffable,
- most unexcessive,
- most unexpansive,
- on leash,
- re strained,
- re-strained,
- self controlled,
- selfcontrolled,
- un affable,
- un excessive,
- un expansive,
- un extreme,
- un extremer,
- un extremest,
- un-affable,
- un-excessive,
- un-expansive,
- un-extreme,
- un-extremer,
- un-extremest,
- unexcessive,
- unextreme,
- unextremer,
- unextremest.
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inward
- inbound,
- inflowing,
- inpouring,
- inner most,
- in bound,
- in filtrating,
- in flowing,
- in most,
- in pouring,
- in side,
- in-bound,
- in-filtrating,
- in-flowing,
- in-pouring,
- inner-most,
- more inbound,
- more infiltrating,
- more inflowing,
- more inpouring,
- most inbound,
- most infiltrating,
- most inflowing,
- most inpouring,
- psycho logical,
- psycho-logical.
- cool
- retained
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chill
- ungenial,
- unwelcoming,
- Uncompanionable,
- de pressing,
- de-pressing,
- in different,
- in-different,
- more uncompanionable,
- more unwelcoming,
- most uncompanionable,
- most unwelcoming,
- un companionable,
- un emotional,
- un happier,
- un happiest,
- un happy,
- un responsive,
- un welcoming,
- un-emotional,
- un-genial,
- un-happy,
- un-responsive,
- un-welcoming.
- companionable
- demonstrative
- demure
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detached
- poker-faced,
- uncurious,
- out of it,
- Unpassioned,
- dis passionate,
- dis-passionate,
- laid back,
- laidback,
- more poker faced,
- more uncurious,
- more unpassioned,
- most poker faced,
- most poker-faced,
- most uncurious,
- most unpassioned,
- out it,
- poker faced,
- re moved,
- re-mote,
- un biased,
- un committed,
- un concerned,
- un curious,
- un involved,
- un prejudiced,
- un-committed,
- un-concerned,
- un-curious,
- un-involved,
- un-prejudiced.
- emergent
- expansive
- guarded
- incoming
- ingoing
- introverted
- kept
- narcissistic
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reserved
- eremitic,
- introverted,
- set apart,
- roped off,
- laid away,
- mis anthropic,
- mis-anthropic,
- more appropriated,
- more claimed,
- more eremitic,
- more preempted,
- more reclusive,
- most appropriated,
- most claimed,
- most eremitic,
- most preempted,
- re served,
- re-served,
- self contained,
- selfcontained,
- spoken for,
- un-companionable.
- retiring
- shy
- unsociable
- communicative
- gregarious
- inhibited
- outgoing
- prudish
- reticent
- suspicious
- withdrawn
- all
- unfriendly, aloof
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aloof, disapproving
- cool.
- reserved, affected
- aloof, disinterested; neutral
- meek, unassuming
- restricted, definite
- calm, temperate
- concerned only with oneself
- silent, unsociable; constrained
- calm, quiet
- secretive, quiet
- shy, undemonstrative
- isolated, sheltered
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quiet and self-conscious
- shy.
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Other relevant words
- designate,
- influent,
- antisocial,
- designate,
- detached,
- distant,
- elect,
- frosty,
- future,
- in,
- inbound,
- inflowing,
- influent,
- inpouring,
- inward,
- misanthropic,
- mum,
- mute,
- next,
- nongregarious,
- reclusive,
- remote,
- standoffish,
- succeeding,
- taciturn,
- unsocial,
- Insociable.
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- Antonyms:
- grow, ignore, plant.
