'Reticent' definitions:
Definition of 'reticent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent, untalkative]
adjective
Cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent, unemotional]
adjective
Reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent, self-effacing, retiring]
Definition of 'Reticent'
From: GCIDE
- Reticent \Ret"i*cent\, a. [L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- + tacere to be silent. See Tacit.] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reticent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aloof,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- close,
- close-lipped,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- cold,
- constrained,
- cool,
- detached,
- discreet,
- distant,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- guarded,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- introverted,
- modest,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- quiet,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- retiring,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- silent,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- taciturn,
- tight-lipped,
- timid,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unresponsive,
- withdrawn