Reticent Synonyms and Antonyms

rĕtĭ-sənt
Silent
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. quiet
  2. hesitant
Secretive
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. untalkative
Antonyms:
  1. communicative
  2. expansive
  3. forward
  4. unrestrained
Inclined to keep one's thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. laconic

Words Related to Reticent

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Reticent Sentence Examples

  • Even the reticent members participated enthusiastically.

  • He is initially reticent, unsure of the motives for my questions.

  • Thornton was equally reticent about both issues when I spoke to him.

  • But Knox seems to have been reticent about his early life, even to his contemporaries.

  • Danger appears not to stir him, but he becomes reticent when asked about his work.

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