reserved

Meanings

Verb

• hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
• obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
• simple past and past participle of reserve

Adjective

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party
• marked by self-restraint and reticence; -Victoria Sackville-West
  • "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"

Adj

• Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.
• Set aside for a particular person or purpose; spoken for.

Synonyms

allocated, allow, aloof, appropriate, assigned, book, cool, dedicated, distant, earmark, frosty, hankty, hard-to-get, hold, offish, quiet, remote, reserve, reserved, reticent, set aside, silent, silentious, standoffish, strange, taciturn, thorny, touch-me-not-ish, unapproachable, unbending, undemonstrative, unimpressionable, uninvolved, unloquacious, untalkative

Antonyms

unreserved

Related Words

shy