What is another word for reticent?
560 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹˈɛtɪsənt], [ ɹˈɛtɪsənt], [ ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_s_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for reticent:- all (adjective)
- bashful (adjective)
- cautious (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- close-mouthed (adjective)
- closemouthed (adjective)
- cold (adjective)
- cool (adjective)
- demure (adjective)
- distant (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- impassive (adjective)
- inarticulate (adjective)
- incommunicable (adjective)
- incommunicative (adjective)
- inhibited (adjective)
- inobtrusive (adjective)
- modest (adjective)
- obscure (adjective)
- offish (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- quiet (adjective)
- reserved (adjective)
- restrained (adjective)
- retiring (adjective)
- secret (adjective)
- secretive (adjective)
- secretive, quiet (adjective)
- self-controlled (adjective)
- self-effacing (adjective)
- self-restrained (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- silent (adjective)
- taciturn (adjective)
- tight-lipped (adjective)
- uncommunicable (adjective)
- undemonstrative (adjective)
- unemotional (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- reticent (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- austere
- inarticulate
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Reticent:
adj.
•all (adjective) •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.
- de mure,
- more unassured,
- unassuming,
- prudish,
- un-assured,
- de-mure,
- strait laced,
- most unassured,
- un assured,
- un-assuming,
- un assuming.
- 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.
- more overcareful,
- non committal,
- over careful,
- most overcautious,
- over cautious,
- gingerly,
- over-cautious,
- most overcareful,
- more overcautious.
- 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.
- closemouthed,
- over-careful,
- demure,
- retiring,
- eremitic,
- restrained,
- obscure,
- rolling with punches,
- Unimpressible,
- inhibited,
- Hard-hearted,
- guarded,
- unassured,
- coldhearted,
- secret,
- not forward,
- unassertive,
- unemotional,
- on the lookout,
- uncommunicative,
- on lookout,
- Uncompanionable,
- unexcitable,
- overcautious,
- overmodest,
- laid back,
- stoical,
- Self-restrained,
- uneffusive,
- stuck up,
- distant,
- non-gregarious,
- going with the flow,
- reserved,
- non-committal,
- put on airs,
- silent,
- hardboiled,
- cold,
- modest,
- over-modest,
- nongregarious,
- blushful,
- untalkative,
- rabbity,
- rolling with the punches,
- poker-faced,
- along for the ride,
- overcareful,
- Inexcitable,
- with eyes peeled,
- self-controlled,
- inarticulate,
- unsocial,
- uneager,
- shy,
- close,
- bashful.
- more eremitic,
- re-served,
- soft spoken,
- re served,
- softspoken,
- mis anthropic,
- mis-anthropic,
- most eremitic,
- more reclusive.
- under control,
- on leash,
- in check,
- on a leash,
- corked up,
- under wraps,
- unexcessive,
- calm and collected,
- unextreme,
- in charge.
- more rabbity,
- re tiring,
- most rabbity,
- recessive,
- non gregarious,
- most nongregarious,
- more nongregarious,
- re-tiring.
- 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.
n.
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- hedge,
- parry,
- get at,
- imply,
- obliqueness,
- convey,
- skirt,
- intimate,
- mince (your) words,
- evade.
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- restraint.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
•austere •inarticulate •Other relevant words (noun):- 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:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
reluctant.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Antonyms for Reticent:
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adj.
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secretive, quiet
forward, unrestrained, talkative, confident, unreserved, outgoing, extroverted, unshy.
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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.
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secretive, quiet