reserved

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. undemonstrative, diffident, distant, reticent; set aside.

See modesty, silence, store.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Held on reservation]

Syn. appropriated, preempted, claimed, private, booked, engaged, spoken for, set apart, roped off, taken, arrogated, held, retained; see also saved 2 .

Ant. public*, free, unreserved.

2. [Held in reserve]

Syn. saved, withheld, kept aside, preserved, conserved, stored away, funded, put in a safe, in storage, on ice*.

Ant. used*, spent, exhausted.

3. [Restrained]

Syn. reticent, withdrawn, shy, modest, backward, secretive, private, quiet, composed, retiring, guarded, uncommunicative, taciturn, unforthcoming, controlled, self-restrained, constrained, self-contained, mild, gentle, soft-spoken, collected, aloof, distant, formal, cool.

Ant. loud*, ostentatious, boisterous.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

self-restrained, quiet, silent, aloof, taciturn, reticent, shy, bashful, inhibited, guarded, distant, cool.

ANT.: loud, demonstrative, loquacious

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not total, unlimited, or wholehearted: limited, modified, qualified, restricted. See BIG, LIMITED. 2. Tending to keep one's thoughts and emotions to oneself: controlled, inhibited, noncommittal, restrained, self-controlled, self-restrained. See RESTRAINT. 3. Not friendly, sociable, or warm in manner: aloof, chill, chilly, cool, distant, offish, remote, reticent, solitary, standoffish, unapproachable, uncommunicative, undemonstrative, withdrawn. See ATTITUDE, HOT. 4. Not speaking freely or openly: close, close-mouthed, incommunicable, incommunicative, reticent, silent, taciturn, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative. See RESTRAINT, SOUNDS.