All reticent synonyms
retΒ·iΒ·cent
R r adj reticent
- close β When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
- modest β having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- restrained β characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- hard-hearted β unfeeling; unmerciful; pitiless.
- demure β If you describe someone, usually a young woman, as demure, you mean they are quiet and rather shy, usually in a way that you like and find appealing, and behave very correctly.
- bashful β Someone who is bashful is shy and easily embarrassed.
- dried-up β depleted of water or moisture; gone dry: a dried-up water hole.
- inarticulate β lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- backstairs β a secondary staircase in a house, esp one originally for the use of servants
- in private β belonging to some particular person: private property.
- inobtrusive β unobtrusive.
- backdoor β You can use backdoor to describe an action or process if you disapprove of it because you think it has been done in a secret, indirect, or dishonest way.
- impassive β without emotion; apathetic; unmoved.
- close-lipped β not talking or revealing much
- iced β of or made of ice: ice shavings; an ice sculpture.
- incommunicable β incapable of being communicated, imparted, shared, etc.
- guarded β cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- incommunicative β not communicative; reserved; uncommunicative.
- cold β Something that is cold has a very low temperature or a lower temperature than is normal or acceptable.
- husher β to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- insociable β unsociable.
- distant β far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- anti-social β Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- laid back β relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
- in charge β to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- closemouthed β not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- in check β to stop or arrest the motion of suddenly or forcibly: He checked the horse at the edge of the cliff.
adjective reticent
- offish β aloof; unapproachable; standoffish.
- obscure β (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
- quiet β making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
- introvert β a shy person.
- nonvocal β of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- introverted β a shy person.
- coldhearted β lacking sympathy; unfeeling
- hardboiled β Alternative spelling of hard-boiled.
- inexcitable β Not excitable.
- overcareful β excessively or unduly careful.
- wordless β speechless, silent, or mute.
- rabbity β any of several soft-furred, large-eared, rodentlike burrowing mammals of the family Leporidae, allied with the hares and pikas in the order Lagomorpha, having a divided upper lip and long hind legs, usually smaller than the hares and mainly distinguished from them by bearing blind and furless young in nests rather than fully developed young in the open.
- overcautious β excessively or unnecessarily cautious: Sometimes it doesn't pay to be overcautious in business.
- whist β Chiefly Irish. silence: Hold your whist.
- cagey β If you say that someone is being cagey about something, you mean that you think they are deliberately not giving you much information or expressing an opinion about it.
- enigmatical β Pertaining to an enigma.
- coldblooded β having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
- hushful β Full of, pervaded by, or characteristic of stillness or silence; tending to hush to rest.
- diffident β lacking confidence in one's own ability, worth, or fitness; timid; shy.
- nongregarious β (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- eremitic β Characteristic of a hermit.
- inconversable β (obsolete) uncommunicative; reserved.