Exact Match:
- guarded
- prudent; "guarded optimism"
Synonyms:
- Argus-eyed,
- Olympian,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- aloof,
- apprehensive,
- armed,
- arrested,
- aux aguets,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- bridled,
- buried,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- circumspect,
- cloaked,
- cold,
- concealed,
- considerate,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- copyrighted,
- covered,
- covert,
- curbed,
- custodial,
- defended,
- deliberate,
- detached,
- discreet,
- disinclined to believe,
- disposed to doubt,
- distant,
- eagle-eyed,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gingerly,
- hard of belief,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hidden,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- impervious to persuasion,
- in check,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inaccessible,
- inconvincible,
- incredulous,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- invulnerable,
- judicious,
- keen-eyed,
- leaving out nothing,
- leery,
- lidless,
- loath,
- mindful,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- obscured,
- observant,
- offish,
- on guard,
- on leash,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- patented,
- pawky,
- pent-up,
- policed,
- politic,
- privy,
- protected,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- reluctant,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- retarded,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- safe,
- safeguarded,
- screened,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltered,
- shielded,
- shrinking,
- shrouded,
- shy of belief,
- skeptical,
- sleepless,
- slow to act,
- slowed down,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- unadventurous,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- unconvincible,
- uncredulous,
- undaring,
- undemonstrative,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- unenterprising,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unpersuadable,
- unpersuasible,
- unprecipitate,
- unwilling to accept,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- with open eyes,
- withdrawn