Synonyms for Reticent:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • reticent.
  •bashful (adjective)
  • more recoiling,
  • more verecund,
  • timorous,
  • most blushful,
  • over modest,
  • more nervous,
  • re coiling,
  • self-conscious,
  • Verecund,
  • selfconscious,
  • shrinking,
  • re-coiling,
  • more blushful,
  • self conscious,
  • un assertive,
  • most overmodest,
  • more unassertive,
  • un-assertive,
  • more overmodest,
  • most unassertive,
  • most recoiling,
  • most verecund.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • discreet.
  •close (adjective)
  • tight chops,
  • closelipped,
  • zipping one's lips,
  • close-lipped,
  • unforthcoming,
  • retired,
  • clamming up.
  •close-mouthed (adjective)
  • close mouthed.
  •closemouthed (adjective)
  • clammed up,
  • buttoned up,
  • zipped one's lips,
  • dummied up,
  • have tight chops.
  •cold (adjective)
  • matter-of-fact,
  • unenthusiastic,
  • coldblooded,
  • unimpassioned,
  • matter of fact.
  •cool (adjective)
  • undemonstrative.
  •demure (adjective)
  • de mure,
  • more unassured,
  • unassuming,
  • prudish,
  • un-assured,
  • de-mure,
  • strait laced,
  • most unassured,
  • un assured,
  • un-assuming,
  • un assuming.
  •distant (adjective)
  • with-drawn,
  • more uncompanionable,
  • with drawn,
  • up pity,
  • more standoff,
  • un-approachable,
  • most insociable,
  • un friendliest,
  • un companionable,
  • in-sociable,
  • un-sociable,
  • re-mote,
  • more insociable,
  • un-friendly,
  • un friendlier,
  • up-pity,
  • un-companionable,
  • un-friendlier,
  • on ice,
  • in sociable,
  • most uncompanionable,
  • un approachable,
  • put airs,
  • un-friendliest,
  • stuckup,
  • most standoff,
  • un sociable,
  • Insociable.
  •guarded (adjective)
  • more overcareful,
  • non committal,
  • over careful,
  • most overcautious,
  • over cautious,
  • gingerly,
  • over-cautious,
  • most overcareful,
  • more overcautious.
  •impassive (adjective)
  • in-sensible,
  • un-excitable,
  • un excitable,
  • un impressible,
  • un-impressible,
  • in-excitable,
  • most poker faced,
  • un ruffled,
  • in-susceptible,
  • self contained,
  • most inexcitable,
  • un flappable,
  • in-scrutable,
  • in-expressive,
  • un-ruffled,
  • impassive,
  • in excitable,
  • most unexcitable,
  • more poker-faced,
  • most unimpressible,
  • in expressive,
  • selfcontained,
  • un-flappable,
  • most poker-faced,
  • dis-passionate,
  • in scrutable,
  • dis passionate,
  • more unexcitable,
  • in susceptible,
  • more unimpressible,
  • most indurated,
  • more indurated,
  • poker faced,
  • more inexcitable,
  • stoic,
  • in sensible,
  • more poker faced.
  •inarticulate (adjective)
  • wordless,
  • unvocal,
  • speechless.
  •incommunicable (adjective)
  • in communicable,
  • in-communicable.
  •incommunicative (adjective)
  • in communicative,
  • in-communicative.
  •inhibited (adjective)
  • re pressed,
  • up-tight,
  • up tight,
  • most repressed,
  • re-pressed,
  • more repressed.
  •inobtrusive (adjective)
  • in obtrusive,
  • in-obtrusive.
  •modest (adjective)
  • unpresuming,
  • unpretending,
  • Unboastful,
  • self-effacing.
  •obscure (adjective)
  • seldom seen,
  • unheard of,
  • unnoted,
  • irrelevant,
  • unhonored,
  • orphic,
  • unheard-of,
  • far off.
  •offish (adjective)
  • Procacious,
  • unwelcoming.
  •quiet (adjective)
  • whist,
  • not saying boo,
  • hushful,
  • quietest,
  • could hear a pin drop,
  • Quieter.
  •reserved (adjective)
  • more eremitic,
  • re-served,
  • soft spoken,
  • re served,
  • softspoken,
  • mis anthropic,
  • mis-anthropic,
  • most eremitic,
  • more reclusive.
  •restrained (adjective)
  • under control,
  • on leash,
  • in check,
  • on a leash,
  • corked up,
  • under wraps,
  • unexcessive,
  • calm and collected,
  • unextreme,
  • in charge.
  •retiring (adjective)
  • more rabbity,
  • re tiring,
  • most rabbity,
  • recessive,
  • non gregarious,
  • most nongregarious,
  • more nongregarious,
  • re-tiring.
  •secret (adjective)
  • under ground,
  • enigmatical,
  • cloak and dagger,
  • Shrouded,
  • conspiratorial,
  • under cover,
  • backdoor.
  •secretive (adjective)
  • backstairs,
  • in privacy,
  • in chambers,
  • in private,
  • in the background.
  •secretive, quiet (adjective)
  • tight-lipped,
  • dried up,
  • mum.
  •self-controlled (adjective)
  • self controlled,
  • selfcontrolled.
  •self-effacing (adjective)
  • self effacing,
  • selfeffacing.
  •self-restrained (adjective)
  • self restrained,
  • selfrestrained.
  •shy (adjective)
  • more introvert,
  • un-willing,
  • in disposed,
  • more uneffusive,
  • un-effusive,
  • un willing,
  • most introvert,
  • un social,
  • dis-inclined,
  • most unsocial,
  • dis-trustful,
  • introvert,
  • dis trustful,
  • more uneager,
  • un effusive,
  • in-disposed,
  • un-eager,
  • dis inclined,
  • more unsocial,
  • un-social,
  • un eager,
  • most uneffusive,
  • most uneager.
  •silent (adjective)
  • iced,
  • closed up,
  • Silentious,
  • unheard,
  • struck dumb,
  • Nonvocal,
  • Husher,
  • not talkative.
  •taciturn (adjective)
  • un-talkative,
  • anti-social,
  • unexpressive,
  • succinct,
  • dried-up,
  • curt.
  •tight-lipped (adjective)
  • tight lipped.
  •uncommunicable (adjective)
  • un communicable,
  • un-communicable.
  •undemonstrative (adjective)
  • un demonstrative,
  • un-demonstrative.
  •unemotional (adjective)
  • in-sensitive,
  • un compassionate,
  • more hard-hearted,
  • going with flow,
  • along for ride,
  • un-emotional,
  • un impressionable,
  • un emotional,
  • most hard-hearted,
  • hard hearted,
  • most hard hearted,
  • thickskinned,
  • more hard hearted,
  • thick skinned,
  • un-impressionable,
  • hard boiled,
  • un-compassionate,
  • in sensitive.

• n.

  •
  • hedge,
  • parry,
  • get at,
  • imply,
  • obliqueness,
  • convey,
  • skirt,
  • intimate,
  • mince (your) words,
  • evade.
  •
  • restraint.
  •
  • remote,
  • chilly,
  • solitary,
  • cool,
  • chill,
  • attitude,
  • hot.
  •reticent (noun)
  • taciturn.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • offish,
  • indifferent,
  • close-mouthed,
  • tightlipped,
  • uncommunicable.
  •
  • standoffish,
  • Incommunicable,
  • withdrawn,
  • incommunicative,
  • unapproachable,
  • aloof.
  •austere
  • self-contained.
  •inarticulate
  • tongue-tied.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bind,
  • closed,
  • unwilling,
  • clandestine,
  • equivocal,
  • confine,
  • moderate,
  • humble,
  • modify,
  • expressionless,
  • unostentatious,
  • oppressive,
  • hesitant,
  • stockpile,
  • prudent,
  • coy,
  • forbidding,
  • parsimonious,
  • laconic,
  • prohibit,
  • strait-laced,
  • suppressed,
  • impersonal,
  • wisely,
  • reduce,
  • exact,
  • carefully,
  • meek,
  • mysterious,
  • roundabout,
  • attentive,
  • dignified,
  • circumlocutory,
  • stiff,
  • concise,
  • mindful,
  • oily,
  • decorum,
  • sparing,
  • averse,
  • punctiliousness,
  • secrete,
  • embarrassed,
  • loth,
  • ill at ease,
  • formal,
  • conceal,
  • ambiguous,
  • delicacy,
  • rigid,
  • covert,
  • secluded,
  • etiquette,
  • suppress,
  • pointer,
  • tight,
  • uncomfortable,
  • unaggressive,
  • icy,
  • standoff,
  • vague,
  • blank,
  • moment,
  • reserve,
  • indisposed,
  • dumb,
  • dubious,
  • euphemistic,
  • peculiarity,
  • supercilious,
  • inconspicuous,
  • subdued,
  • introverted,
  • hermit-like,
  • dark,
  • unresponsive,
  • underhand,
  • low-key,
  • strict,
  • unobtrusively,
  • preceding,
  • chilled,
  • Puncto,
  • restrict,
  • propriety,
  • frosty,
  • judiciously,
  • under restraint,
  • modesty,
  • prim,
  • discreetly,
  • mealymouthed,
  • mute,
  • sly,
  • sedate,
  • abashed,
  • reluctant,
  • removed,
  • constrain,
  • detached,
  • repressed,
  • disinclined,
  • secretive,
  • cautious,
  • past,
  • ungenial,
  • ungregarious,
  • cautiously,
  • loath,
  • reclusive,
  • mealy-mouthed,
  • suspicious,
  • Equivocating,
  • curb,
  • unpretentious,
  • stingy,
  • cunning,
  • confined,
  • Close-tongued,
  • cagey,
  • stealthy,
  • frigid,
  • careful,
  • haughty,
  • nicety,
  • terse,
  • formality,
  • Inobtrusive,
  • antisocial,
  • tight-mouthed,
  • Unaffable,
  • item,
  • sequestered,
  • surreptitious,
  • diffident,
  • inaccessible,
  • wary,
  • unfriendly,
  • skulking,
  • aim,
  • detail,
  • bound,
  • periphrastic,
  • mincing,
  • qualify,
  • forbid,
  • chary,
  • point,
  • hint,
  • unspeaking,
  • prudently,
  • curtail,
  • deceitful,
  • confidential,
  • backward,
  • costive,
  • compact,
  • hidden,
  • Seclusive,
  • punctilio,
  • Inconversable,
  • restrain,
  • concealing,
  • noncommittal,
  • furtive,
  • artful,
  • indirect,
  • ceremonious,
  • recluse,
  • hypocritical,
  • slick,
  • uncommitted,
  • circumspect,
  • uptight,
  • hermitic,
  • unctuous,
  • ice-cold,
  • evasive,
  • uncongenial,
  • feline,
  • taciturnity,
  • timid,
  • check,
  • submerge,
  • heedful,
  • unexpansive,
  • controlled,
  • lurk,
  • unsociable,
  • unobtrusive,
  • reticence,
  • close quarters,
  • apprehensive,
  • circumscribe,
  • constrained,
  • invalided.

Paraphrases for Reticent:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    reluctant.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    unwilling, wary, modest, shy, restricted, careful.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    reticence, hesitant, restrained, reserved, timid, cautious, secretive, resistant.

Antonyms for Reticent:

• adj.

  • secretive, quiet
    forward, unrestrained, talkative, confident, unreserved, outgoing, extroverted, unshy.
  • Other antonyms:
    free, loquacious, communicative, eager, willing, glad, decided, out front, resolute, chatty, long-winded, gabby, determined, mouthy, demonstrative, prolix, wordy, outspoken, rambling, diffuse, tactless, disposed, verbose, sure, enthusiastic, conversational, vocal, motormouthed, blabby, assertive, unquestioning, blunt, talebearing, free-spoken, talky, self-asserting, windy, gossipy, sociable, happy, certain, gregarious, self-assertive, inclined, keen, ready, honest.

Homophones for Reticent:

• red cent, ratiocinate, road agent, red giant.