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What is another word for
reticent
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Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty
Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty
Prone to speaking evasively or indirectly
Adjective
▲
Not revealing one's thoughts or feelings readily
uncommunicative
reserved
silent
quiet
taciturn
unforthcoming
secretive
withdrawn
dumb
close
closemouthed
shy
laconic
distant
introverted
mom
US
private
restrained
guarded
unresponsive
discreet
diffident
undemonstrative
mum
UK
dark
inhibited
modest
unspeaking
bashful
shrinking
unassuming
uptight
unwilling
tight-lipped
close-mouthed
media-shy
close-lipped
tight-mouthed
clammed up
dummied up
dried up
wouldn't say boo to a goose
retiring
timid
aloof
demure
unassertive
self-effacing
meek
cold
humble
coy
cool
unsociable
standoffish
timorous
detached
backward
mute
speechless
unfriendly
remote
sheepish
recessive
reclusive
stand-offish
hesitant
antisocial
offish
untalkative
mousy
wary
unapproachable
cautious
unconfident
nervous
unemotional
chary
indifferent
apprehensive
self-contained
solitary
self-conscious
unpretentious
introvert
buttoned up
muted
cagey
frigid
insecure
fearful
reluctant
unexpressive
unobtrusive
chilly
tongue-tied
embarrassed
incommunicable
secret
sententious
retired
constrained
blushing
tightlipped
suspicious
evasive
incommunicative
sparing
mild
uncommunicable
frosty
passionless
wordless
careful
phlegmatic
unconcerned
unassured
lowly
circumspect
formal
uncompanionable
curt
stiff
eremitic
misanthropic
brooding
unbending
dry
hushed
zipped
prudent
haughty
enigmatic
unaffable
self-restrained
on the QT
emotionless
apathetic
aw-shucks
unfeeling
dispassionate
controlled
thoughtful
stolid
stoical
impassive
unpresuming
clamlike
deep
unmoved
unclubbable
composed
asocial
stoic
numb
collected
distrustful
impassible
shamefaced
affectless
standoff
serene
dour
plain
calm
prim
nongregarious
rabbity
voiceless
inarticulate
heedful
unsocial
sedate
alert
non-communicative
snobbish
watchful
withdrawing
vigilant
soft-spoken
attentive
considerate
conservative
safe
gingerly
moderate
hush-hush
down-to-earth
politic
dried-up
playing your cards close to your chest
calculating
cold-blooded
simple
buttoned-up
non-committal
cold-eyed
at a loss for words
not talkative
tremulous
doubting
skittish
on the lookout
with eyes peeled
cryptic
fainthearted
with reservations
uninterested
unsure
mysterious
wooden
unpretending
temperate
uneasy
covert
fearsome
furtive
icy
incurious
abashed
inscrutable
unamiable
glacial
mumchance
unruffled
uncongenial
resigned
disinterested
conventional
inhospitable
proper
overmodest
unneighbourly
sober
spiritless
chill
placid
self-deprecating
insular
mim
unexcitable
seemly
nonvocal
nice
ceremonious
hermitic
noncommittal
unsympathetic
uppity
Olympian
callous
of few words
stuffy
heartless
measured
forbidding
soundless
austere
stilted
stuck-up
unrevealing
mindful
judicious
tentative
leery
provident
aware
unexpansive
suspecting
discriminating
observant
scrupulous
forethoughtful
precautious
saying nothing
self-critical
self-controlled
laid-back
cool, calm and collected
keeping people at arm's length
keeping a weather eye on
walking on eggs
self-deprecatory
on your toes
all ears
lost for words
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
hedging your bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
taking it slow
playing safe
belt-and-braces
on the qui vive
watching one's step
on guard
watching out
on the watch
overly modest
scary
uncomfortable
pale
unaffected
terse
prudish
natural
unostentatious
independent
casual
uncurious
sullen
verecund
recoiling
blushful
hung up
isolated
ingenuous
ordinary
faint-hearted
genuine
elusive
ungregarious
seclusive
artless
easily embarrassed
dumbstruck
dumbfounded
uncivil
hostile
rude
mopey
mopish
unneighborly
inward-looking
unaggressive
equivocal
socially inhibited
hermit-like
hermitical
anchoritic
eremitical
inconspicuous
docile
unpresumptuous
inaccessible
inapproachable
scowling
low-key
unboastful
still
imperturbable
irresolute
feeble
low-profile
apologetic
unflappable
mousey
keeping a low profile
chaste
secluded
hidden
nonchalant
unambitious
unconversational
antagonistic
silentious
unheard
not forward
struck dumb
awkward
unfazed
timidsome
supercilious
insensible
self-sufficient
forced
buttoning up
clamming up
tight chops
closed up
not forthcoming
snooty
proud
unloquacious
all alone
strained
superior
hardened
insociable
arrogant
insusceptible
zipping one's lips
buttoning one's lip
mum's the word
unimpressible
unnatural
indurated
inexcitable
staid
exact
precise
mean-looking
not saying boo
bereft of speech
unable to get a word out
laid back
abient
avoidant
correct
put on airs
matter-of-fact
backstairs
sly
undercover
feline
labored
US
laboured
UK
artificial
enigmatical
mystic
inflexible
affected
starched
starchy
contrived
official
serious
lukewarm
polite
unloving
unenthusiastic
uncanny
impenetrable
surreptitious
arcane
nebulous
opaque
mannered
straight arrow
by the numbers
strait-laced
stiff-necked
in private
in chambers
in privacy
unwelcoming
in the background
in the dark
unaffectionate
offhand
tranquil
abstruse
annoyed
offended
impudent
impertinent
procacious
insolent
contained
equable
deadpan
soft
unexcessive
in charge
under wraps
bottled up
chilled
in check
inobtrusive
on a leash
under control
nonaggressive
reasonable
not given to excesses
in control of yourself
corked up
steady
self-possessed
unextreme
impersonal
cloak-and-dagger
sphinxlike
magical
businesslike
rational
unagitated
listless
inexpressive
flat
insensitive
unsentimental
clinical
objective
blah
uncompassionate
unimpressionable
coldhearted
obdurate
marble
shrewd
uncertain
gentle
level-headed
peaceful
cool-headed
poker-faced
hard-headed
canny
hard-hearted
hard-boiled
thick-skinned
along for the ride
going with the flow
rolling with the punches
unpoised
ashamed
diplomatic
tactful
self-doubting
ill at ease
overcautious
overcareful
stony
uncordial
antiseptic
clammy
brittle
gelid
disdainful
hard-eyed
uninvolved
wintery
UK
frozen
wintry
US
expressionless
rigid
vacant
steely
stern
coldish
arctic
blank
impartial
unpassioned
severe
uncaring
lifeless
neutral
off
gray
US
grey
UK
cold-hearted
removed
flinty
empty
fierce
unsmiling
bureaucratic
depersonalized
US
insouciant
abstract
careless
colorless
US
colourless
UK
depersonalised
UK
heedless
relaxed
dead
toneless
hollow
blasé
negative
bland
nowhere
unimpassioned
immovable
nonemotional
strictly business
inimical
brusque
discourteous
ungracious
stony-eyed
dull
dismissive
fixed
carefree
passive
grim
grave
abstracted
gruff
intimidating
regardless
vacuous
repellent
solemn
preoccupied
louring
hard
ungentle
stark
lowering
impotent
unbiased
faraway
unprejudiced
cold-shoulder
impervious
spacey
cold as ice
pococurante
glazed
perfunctory
complacent
glassy
stuck up
uncommitted
dazed
spaced-out
putting on airs
emotionally distant
easy
bored
out of it
weary
pokerfaced
straight-faced
half-hearted
tepid
abrupt
analytic
unenthused
unamicable
ungenial
hardhearted
cynical
stony-hearted
outside
alienated
withering
hermitlike
introspective
companionless
impolite
unwilling to mix with other people
lofty
logical
vapid
catatonic
uncharitable
unhappy
hateful
depressing
on ice
cheerless
motionless
ardorless
loveless
unromantic
cold fish
lone wolf
friendless
non-emotional
fishy
unmoving
unimpressed
adversarial
rough
soulless
adversary
stupid
cavalier
jaundiced
rugged
antipathetic
heedless of
hermetic
not giving a monkey's
uninquiring
nonpartisan
inhuman
jaded
evenhanded
mortal
emotionally unavailable
noninterventionist
uncolored
straight
candid
equal
nondiscriminatory
stone-cold
glutted
unkind
nonaligned
unaligned
cloyed
unexcited
ungenerous
undecided
short
disengaged
xenophobic
unreceptive
ferocious
world-weary
ill-disposed
uninviting
neuter
nonparticipating
unworried
inactive
inert
emotionally guarded
hands-off
emotionally detached
untroubled
blithe
surly
formidable
fair-minded
strict
sombre
UK
crabbed
sour
threatening
glum
churlish
somber
US
on sidelines
on the fence
middle-of-road
grumpy
savage
cross
fell
sinister
menacing
gay
lightsome
lighthearted
apathetic towards
morose
resolute
harsh
bleak
sulky
debonair
slaphappy
offhand about
uninvolved with
going through motions
bored by
unresponsive to
aloof from
could care less
indifferent to
unconcerned about
bored stiff
lukewarm about
turned off
detached from
nonchalant about
unmoved by
phlegmatic about
uninvolved in
unenthusiastic about
incurious about
distant from
nonplussed
splenetic
vicious
cantankerous
glowering
crusty
grouchy
truculent
lackadaisical
bad-tempered
laissez-faire
oblivious
ill-tempered
without a care in the world
at ease
devil-may-care
not giving a toss
happy-go-lucky
boot-faced
more ❯
“Precisely because many locals are
reticent
about expressing love, this special day dedicated to love is particularly cherished.”
Adjective
▲
Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty
disinclined
loath
hesitant
reluctant
indisposed
loth
cagey
cagy
dubious
unwilling
averse
afraid
uneager
backward
opposed
resistant
not in the mood
slow
hesitating
antipathetic
hostile
antagonistic
unprepared
wary
ill-disposed
chary
not disposed
not in favour of
timid
reserved
diffident
wavering
unenthusiastic
unconfident
recalcitrant
balking
US
nervous
shy
doubtful
objecting
baulking
UK
unsympathetic
discouraged
squeamish
disheartened
against
cautious
queasy
remiss
calculating
chary of
shy about
afraid to
bashful about
hanging back
coy about
opposed to
hesitant about
ashamed to
diffident about
inimical
uninclined
not keen
unenthusiastic about
scared
shy of
embarrassed
ashamed
afraid of
frightened
undisposed
suspicious
dismayed
restiff
averse to
cautious with
circumspect about
queasy about
mind
sweer
disrelish
jib at
baulk at
shrink from
flinch from
recoil from
demur at
not about
stick at
vacillate about
have scruples about
have qualms about
shy away from
waver about
anti
unfriendly
opposing
have misgivings about
have reservations about
boggle at
think twice about
not have the heart to
be cagey about
contrary
agin
unfavourable
UK
allergic
unfavorable
US
nasty
perverse
disliking
down on
resistant to
ill-disposed to
hostile to
antipathetic to
antagonistic to
unfavourably disposed to
having no use for
more ❯
“I am always
reticent
to say too much on other folks' blogs for fear of putting my foot in my mouth.”
Adjective
▲
Reluctant to proceed due to doubts or uncertainty
dubious
hesitant
doubtful
uncertain
unsure
undecided
wavering
cagey
hesitating
tentative
equivocal
iffy
indisposed
loath
sceptical
UK
unsettled
ambiguous
disinclined
irresolute
unconfirmed
unconvinced
undetermined
unresolved
vacillating
cagy
distrustful
indefinite
leery
loth
reluctant
shaky
chancy
diffident
fly-by-night
indecisive
mistrustful
questioning
skeptical
US
trustless
unassured
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
untrusty
in a dilemma
in a quandary
in doubt
in two minds
touch-and-go
on the horns of a dilemma
ambivalent
dithering
shilly-shallying
blowing hot and cold
torn
equivocating
uncommitted
waffling
of two minds
fluctuating
sitting on the fence
divided
on the fence
unclear
split
faltering
oscillating
doubting
noncommittal
teetering
suspicious
not sure
wishy-washy
hinky
hemming and hawing
running hot and cold
on-the-fence
nervous
vague
hazy
floating
halting
fickle
humming and hawing
betwixt and between
unable to decide
hot-and-cold
cautious
unpredictable
shy
backward
unwilling
havering
cunctatory
averse
afraid
uneager
half-hearted
perplexed
hanging back
confused
infirm
having qualms
having misgivings
neutral
faithless
agnostic
pussyfooting
weak
unstable
like doubting Thomas
fluctuant
weak-kneed
weak-minded
without belief
borderline
hot and cold
insecure
unconfident
vexed
wobbling
swithering
unfinished
pendent
vacillant
volatile
uneventful
astraddle
changeable
unsteady
hedging your bets
in the middle
changing
halfhearted
fearful
wobbly
full of doubt
independent
unaffiliated
unattached
impartial
non-partisan
non-aligned
undeclared
conflicting
muddled
conflicted
contradictory
inconclusive
mixed
opposed
having opposing views
having clashing views
having conflicting views
having contradictory views
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Prone to speaking evasively or indirectly
mealy-mouthed
indirect
affected
equivocal
mincing
euphemistic
diffident
hesitant
afraid
doubtful
overdelicate
pretentious
prim
restrained
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