Another word for discreet
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Adjective
Showing sensitivity and skill in dealing with others
- Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:
- Capable of perceiving with a sense or senses:
- Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
- Susceptible to slight differences or changes in the environment:
- Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
- Of, relating to, or involving diplomacy or diplomats.
- Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
- Of or relating to diplomatics.
- Pleasing to the senses, especially in a subtle way:
- Easily broken or damaged:
- Exquisitely fine or dainty:
See also:Kept within sensible limits
- Of or occurring in the Temperate Zone:
- Characterized by moderate temperatures, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
- Moderate in degree or quality; restrained:
- Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
- Characterized by self-restraint; reserved:
- Prevented from moving; held down or secured:
- Capable of reasoning; rational:
- Governed by or being in accordance with reason or sound thinking:
- Being within the bounds of common sense:
- Being within reasonable limits; not excessive or extreme:
- Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
- Of medium or average quantity or extent.
- Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change.
- Traditional or restrained in style:
- Moderate; cautious:
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Another word for discreet
Modifier
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- having the lips closed tightly
- not saying much; taciturn or secretive
- Disposed not to talk; tightlipped.
- Having a tendency to keep one's thoughts or activities unknown to others:
- Characterized by or done in secrecy:
- Suggestive of the keeping of secrets:
- Not disposed to be communicative.
- Characterized by reserve or a lack of expression:
- Warranting trust; reliable.
- Having or showing regard for the needs or feelings of others.
- Characterized by careful thought; deliberate.
- Paying close attention; alert or observant:
- Showing care for the needs or desires of others; caring or courteous.
- Closely observant or alert; vigilant:
- Not sleeping; awake.
- On guard; watchful:
- Characterized by caution:
- Very cautious; wary:
- Not giving or expending freely; sparing:
- Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
- Not ornate or impractical:
- Having a perception of something; cognizant:
- Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens:
- Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state:
- Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical:
- Paying close attention; mindful.
- Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
- Refusing commitment to a particular opinion or course of action; not revealing what one feels or thinks:
- Of or relating to strategy.
- Important or essential in relation to a plan of action:
- Essential to the effective conduct of war:
- Having or exhibiting sound judgment; prudent.
- Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious:
- Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
- Shrewd; crafty:
- Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
- Not exposed to the threat of danger or harm:
- Usable in specified conditions without being damaged. Often used in combination:
- Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper:
- Able to recognize or draw fine distinctions or judgments:
- Serving to distinguish; distinctive:
- Marked by or showing prejudice; discriminatory.
- Exhibiting keen insight and good judgment; perceptive.
- Having or showing a moderate estimation of one's own abilities, accomplishments, or value:
- Having or proceeding from a disinclination to call attention to oneself; retiring or diffident:
- Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress, especially in the avoidance of arousing sexual interest.
- Not undesirably noticeable or blatant; inconspicuous.
- Not ostentatious; unpretentious:
- Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
- Characterized by self-restraint; reserved:
- Prevented from moving; held down or secured:
- Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
- Restrained or reserved:
- Reluctant; unwilling.
- Designated as unavailable except for a certain purpose or user; kept in reserve:
- Given to or marked by self-restraint and reticence:
- Possessing or exhibiting tact; considerate and discreet:
- Of, relating to, or involving diplomacy or diplomats.
- Using or marked by tact and sensitivity in dealing with others.
- Of or relating to diplomatics.
- Showing sound or pragmatic judgment; prudent; judicious:
- Protected; defended.
- Watched over; supervised.
- Cautious; restrained:
- Attentive to potential danger, error, or harm; cautious:
- Thorough and painstaking in action or execution; conscientious:
- Protective; solicitous:
- careful to consider all related circumstances before acting, judging, or deciding
- Careful or wise in handling practical matters; exercising good judgment or common sense:
- Characterized by or resulting from care or wisdom in practical matters or in planning for the future:
- Showing or practicing caution; careful.
- Tentative or restrained; guarded:
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