Antonyms for reserved
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-zurvd |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɜrvd |
Definition of reserved
Origin :- "guarded" (in manner), c.1600, past participle adjective from reserve (v.). Of seats, tables from 1858.
- adj silent, unsociable; constrained
- adj held for future use
- This entrance was reserved for the judges, the competitors, and the heralds.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- As he himself meekly intimates, she was reserved for another.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- He was late at the breakfast and silent and reserved throughout that meal.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Ah, never had she known for what trials the infant had been reserved!
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The reserved Englishwoman took up Mr Meagles in his last remark.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- But you know what Mr Merdle is; you know how taciturn and reserved he is.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He was not a reserved man, but a secretive, which is quite a different thing.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
- An ample supply of the fresh venison was reserved to carry with us.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- He was reserved for the higher counsels, the Counsels of Perfection.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- Denial explicit or reserved, expressed or left to be inferred, is still a lie.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
Synonyms for reserved
- aloof
- appropriated
- arrogated
- backward
- bashful
- booked
- cautious
- ceremonious
- claimed
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- engaged
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- kept
- laid away
- limited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- preempted
- prim
- private
- qualified
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- restricted
- retained
- reticent
- retiring
- roped off
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- serene
- set apart
- set aside
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- spoken for
- standoffish
- taciturn
- taken
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
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