Antonyms for reserves
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : ree-surv |
Phonetic Transcription : riˈsɜrv |
Definition of reserves
- noun supply
- noun coolness of manner
- verb keep, hold back
- verb hold for future use
- And so you call upon me again to have no reserves, and so-forth.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Remember, that a friendship like ours admits of no reserves.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Rising to the trust, he called up all his reserves of wilderness lore.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- It is unwise to enter into war or friendship without seeing to the reserves.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- The attacks of the reserves were repulsed and the Italians held the mountain.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
- He came from the Isle of Man, and had joined our reserves at Southport.
- Extract from : « With Manchesters in the East » by Gerald B. Hurst
- Boveyhayne, was very English in its reserves and its dignity.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- Meanwhile, also, the British reserves and territorials were called to the colors.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- But there were reserves in the prow, and these were drawn upon to fill the empty places.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- It had taken a dozen of the reserves to club him into submission at the last.
- Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
Synonyms for reserves
- ace in hole
- aloofness
- assets
- backlog
- backwardness
- bespeak
- book
- cache
- calmness
- capital
- caution
- coldness
- conserve
- constraint
- contract
- coyness
- defer
- delay
- demureness
- diffidence
- drop
- duck
- emergency fund
- engage
- formality
- fund
- have
- hoard
- hold
- inhibition
- insurance
- inventory
- keep back
- keep out
- lay up
- maintain
- modesty
- nest egg
- plant
- possess
- postpone
- prearrange
- preengage
- preserve
- provisions
- put away
- put by
- put off
- quietness
- rainy day fund
- reluctance
- repression
- reservation
- reservoir
- resources
- restraint
- retain
- reticence
- save
- savings
- schedule
- secretiveness
- secure
- self-restraint
- set aside
- shyness
- silence
- squirrel
- squirrel away
- stash
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- store up
- stow away
- suppression
- taciturnity
- uncommunicativeness
- unresponsiveness
- wealth
- withhold
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