Exact Match:
- noncommittal
- refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like; "her boyfriend was noncommittal about their future together"
Synonyms:
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- constrained,
- cool,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- incommunicable,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- precautional,
- precautionary,
- precautious,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- safe,
- slow to act,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- wary,
- watchful
Related Words:
- unadventurous
collapse - lacking in boldness related words >
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- safe,
- slow to act,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate
- gingerly
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- with extreme care or delicacy; "they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones"; "the issue was handled only in a gingerly way"- W.S.White
- in a gingerly manner; "gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket" related words >
- calculating,
- cannily,
- canny,
- careful,
- carefully,
- cautious,
- cautiously,
- charily,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- circumspectly,
- considerate,
- daintily,
- dainty,
- deliberate,
- delicate,
- delicately,
- discreet,
- fastidious,
- guarded,
- guardedly,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- nervous,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- safe,
- shy,
- shyly,
- slow to act,
- squeamish,
- tentative,
- tentatively,
- thorough,
- timid,
- timidly,
- timorous,
- timorously,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- warily,
- wary,
- watchful
- unenterprising
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- lacking in enterprise; not bold or venturesome related words >
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- deliberate,
- dilatory,
- discreet,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- gingerly,
- good-for-nothing,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- indolent,
- judicious,
- laggard,
- lax,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- nonaggressive,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- parasitic,
- pawky,
- politic,
- procrastinative,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- remiss,
- safe,
- scrounging,
- shiftless,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow to act,
- sponging,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unprecipitate,
- work-shy
- on guard
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- vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation" related words >
- Argus-eyed,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- at bay,
- aux abois,
- aux aguets,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- custodial,
- defensively,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- eagle-eyed,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- in defense,
- in self-defense,
- judicious,
- keen-eyed,
- leaving out nothing,
- lidless,
- mindful,
- noncommittal,
- observant,
- on the defensive,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- safe,
- sharp-eyed,
- sleepless,
- slow to act,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- with open eyes
- constrained
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- lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile" related words >
- Olympian,
- aloof,
- arrested,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- bridled,
- chastened,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- controlled,
- cool,
- curbed,
- detached,
- discreet,
- distant,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- guarded,
- hushed,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- in check,
- in control,
- in hand,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inaccessible,
- incommunicable,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- limited,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- offish,
- on leash,
- pent-up,
- quelled,
- quiet,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- retarded,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- shrinking,
- slowed down,
- softened,
- stable,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- tempered,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- withdrawn
- uncommunicative
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- not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions related words >
- aloof,
- autistic,
- bashful,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- close,
- close-lipped,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- dark,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- disinclined to communicate,
- dissociable,
- distant,
- evasive,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- incompatible,
- insociable,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- meaningless,
- mindful,
- mopey,
- mopish,
- morose,
- noncommittal,
- nongregarious,
- offish,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- reserved,
- reticent,
- safe,
- secret,
- secretive,
- self-contained,
- self-sufficient,
- shifty,
- slow to act,
- snug,
- socially incompatible,
- standoffish,
- sullen,
- taciturn,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- tight-lipped,
- unadventurous,
- unapproachable,
- unbending,
- unclubbable,
- uncompanionable,
- uncongenial,
- unconversable,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unprecipitate,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- withdrawn
- judicious
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- marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" related words >
- astute,
- aware,
- bland,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- considerate,
- considered,
- critical,
- deliberate,
- diplomatic,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- dispassionate,
- enlightened,
- equitable,
- fair,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- insightful,
- intelligent,
- judgmatic,
- judgmental,
- judicative,
- judicial,
- judiciary,
- juridic,
- juristic,
- leaving out nothing,
- logical,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- nonviolent,
- objective,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pacifistic,
- pawky,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- rational,
- reasonable,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- safe,
- sage,
- sane,
- sapient,
- sensible,
- slow to act,
- sober,
- soft,
- sound,
- tactful,
- tame,
- temperate,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- well-advised,
- well-informed,
- well-judged,
- wise
- heedful
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- taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention; "heedful of the warnings"; "so heedful a writer"; "heedful of what they were doing" related words >
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- advertent,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- complaisant,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- considerate,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- delicate,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- earnest,
- exact,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- helpful,
- hesitant,
- indulgent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- lenient,
- loving,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- nice,
- niggling,
- noncommittal,
- obliging,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- painstaking,
- pawky,
- politic,
- prudent,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- regardful,
- safe,
- scrupulous,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- tactful,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- watchful
- pawky
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- cunning and sly; "the pawky rich old lady who incessantly scores off her parasitical descendants"- Punch related words >
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- clever,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deliberate,
- designing,
- devious,
- difficult,
- diplomatic,
- discreet,
- feline,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- finikin,
- foxy,
- fuss-budgety,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- guileful,
- hard to please,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pernickety,
- persnickety,
- politic,
- prudent,
- queasy,
- ready,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- safe,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- slow to act,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- squeamish,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- hesitant
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- lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly related words >
- afraid,
- agnostic,
- ambiguous,
- ambivalent,
- averse,
- backward,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- canny,
- capricious,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chancy,
- changeable,
- circumspect,
- deliberate,
- demurring,
- dicey,
- diffident,
- discreet,
- dithering,
- doubting,
- equivocal,
- erratic,
- faltering,
- fickle,
- fluctuating,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- halting,
- heedful,
- hesitating,
- incalculable,
- indecisive,
- indefinite,
- indemonstrable,
- indisposed,
- irresolute,
- jibbing,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- loath,
- mindful,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- of two minds,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pause,
- pawky,
- politic,
- polysemous,
- prudent,
- qualmish,
- regardful,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- scrupling,
- scrupulous,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- skeptical,
- slow to act,
- squeamish,
- stammering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- stuttering,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- timid,
- touch-and-go,
- unaccountable,
- unadventurous,
- uncertain,
- uncommunicative,
- unconfirmable,
- unconvinced,
- undaring,
- undecided,
- undivinable,
- uneager,
- unenterprising,
- unforeseeable,
- unpersuaded,
- unprecipitate,
- unpredictable,
- unprovable,
- unresolved,
- unsettled,
- unsure,
- unverifiable,
- unwilling,
- vacillating,
- vacillatory,
- variable,
- wavering,
- whimsical,
- wobbly
- discreet
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- marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace" related words >
- Olympian,
- aloof,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- circumspect,
- close,
- closemouthed,
- cold,
- considerate,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- dark,
- deliberate,
- detached,
- diplomatic,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distant,
- dry,
- enlightened,
- evasive,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- introverted,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- offish,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- reasonable,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- safe,
- secret,
- secretive,
- shifty,
- shrinking,
- simple,
- slow to act,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- tactful,
- temperate,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- unadorned,
- unadventurous,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- undaring,
- undemonstrative,
- unelaborate,
- unenterprising,
- unexcessive,
- unexpansive,
- unextreme,
- ungenial,
- unostentatious,
- unprecipitate,
- unpretentious,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- withdrawn
- acclamatory,
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- active,
- admiring,
- advertent,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- appreciative,
- approbatory,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- canny,
- cap in hand,
- careful,
- cautious,
- ceremonious,
- circumspect,
- commendatory,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- complimentary,
- concentrated,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscious,
- considerate,
- constant,
- courteous,
- curious,
- deferential,
- deliberate,
- delicate,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- encomiastic,
- eulogistic,
- faithful,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- flattering,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- hesitant,
- honorific,
- indulgent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judicious,
- laudatory,
- leaving out nothing,
- lenient,
- loving,
- loyal,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- nice,
- niggling,
- noncommittal,
- obliging,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- panegyric,
- pawky,
- politic,
- practicing,
- prudent,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- respectful,
- safe,
- scrupulous,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- tactful,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- true,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- watchful
- circumspect
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- heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" related words >
- ambling,
- attentive,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- claudicant,
- considerate,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- easy,
- enlightened,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indolent,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loving,
- lumbering,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scrupulous,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- solicitous,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- unprecipitate,
- waddling,
- wary,
- well-advised,
- well-judged
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- Scotch,
- acute,
- adroit,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- clever,
- conserving,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deliberate,
- designing,
- devious,
- dexterous,
- diplomatic,
- discreet,
- economic,
- economical,
- economizing,
- feline,
- forehanded,
- foxy,
- frugal,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- guileful,
- heedful,
- hep,
- hesitant,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- money-saving,
- nimble-witted,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- parsimonious,
- pawky,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- ready,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- safe,
- saving,
- scheming,
- scrimping,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skimping,
- slick,
- slim,
- slippery,
- slow to act,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- careful
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- exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
- with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
- mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
- cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
- full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41 related words >
- Scotch,
- accurate,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- calculating,
- canny,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- conserving,
- considerate,
- critical,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- economic,
- economizing,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- forehanded,
- foresighted,
- frugal,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- loving,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- money-saving,
- nice,
- niggling,
- noncommittal,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overconscientious,
- overlooking no possibility,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- parsimonious,
- particular,
- pawky,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- precise,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- religious,
- safe,
- saving,
- scrimping,
- scrupulous,
- skimping,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- spare,
- sparing,
- strict,
- studied,
- systematic,
- tender,
- tender-conscienced,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged
- reserved
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- cool and formal in manner
- marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
- set aside for the use of a particular person or party related words >
- Olympian,
- Spartan,
- abbreviated,
- abridged,
- aloof,
- antisocial,
- aposiopestic,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- brief,
- brusque,
- ceremonious,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- clipped,
- close,
- close-lipped,
- close-tongued,
- closemouthed,
- cold,
- compact,
- compendious,
- compressed,
- concise,
- condensed,
- conserved,
- constrained,
- contracted,
- controlled,
- conventional,
- cool,
- crisp,
- curt,
- cut,
- demure,
- detached,
- diffident,
- dignified,
- discreet,
- distant,
- docked,
- elliptic,
- epigrammatic,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- formal,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gnomic,
- guarded,
- held,
- held back,
- held in reserve,
- ice-cold,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- incommunicable,
- introverted,
- kept,
- laconic,
- modest,
- modified,
- noncommittal,
- offish,
- pithy,
- pointed,
- poker-faced,
- preserved,
- prim,
- pruned,
- put by,
- quiet,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- restrained,
- retained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- rigid,
- saved,
- sedate,
- sententious,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- shortened,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- silent,
- spare,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- strait-laced,
- subdued,
- succinct,
- summary,
- suppressed,
- synopsized,
- taciturn,
- terse,
- tight,
- tight-lipped,
- tights,
- to the point,
- truncated,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unemotional,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unresponsive,
- unsocial,
- withdrawn,
- withheld
- prudent
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- careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight" related words >
- Argus-eyed,
- Scotch,
- advisable,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- anticipant,
- anticipatory,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- bland,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- clairvoyant,
- conserving,
- considerate,
- custodial,
- deliberate,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- divinatory,
- eagle-eyed,
- economic,
- economical,
- economizing,
- enlightened,
- farseeing,
- farsighted,
- forehanded,
- foreknowing,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- frugal,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- intuitive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- keen-eyed,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- lidless,
- longsighted,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- money-saving,
- noncommittal,
- nonviolent,
- observant,
- on guard,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pacifistic,
- parsimonious,
- pawky,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- precognitive,
- precognizant,
- prepared,
- prescient,
- provident,
- providential,
- prudential,
- ready,
- reasonable,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- safe,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sane,
- sapient,
- saving,
- scrimping,
- sensible,
- sharp-eyed,
- shrewd,
- skimping,
- sleepless,
- slow to act,
- sober,
- soft,
- spare,
- sparing,
- tactical,
- tame,
- temperate,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wise,
- with open eyes
- cautious
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- cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told"
- showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"
- avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" related words >
- alert,
- ambling,
- attentive,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- considerate,
- cozy,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- demurring,
- diffident,
- discreet,
- disinclined to believe,
- disposed to doubt,
- easy,
- expedient,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- foresighted,
- forethoughtful,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- hard of belief,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- impervious to persuasion,
- inconvincible,
- incredulous,
- indolent,
- jibbing,
- judicious,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leery,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loving,
- lumbering,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- precautious,
- provident,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scheming,
- scrupling,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrewd,
- shuffling,
- shy of belief,
- skeptical,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- solicitous,
- staggering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- strolling,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- timid,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- unconvincible,
- uncredulous,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- unpersuadable,
- unpersuasible,
- unprecipitate,
- unwilling to accept,
- vigilant,
- waddling,
- wary,
- watchful
- safe
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- strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
- (of an undertaking) secure from risk
- free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"
- in safekeeping; "your secret is safe with me" related words >
- Fort Knox,
- OK,
- acceptable,
- all right,
- allowable,
- appropriate,
- armed,
- bank,
- bona fide,
- bursary,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cash register,
- cashbox,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chest,
- circumspect,
- cloaked,
- coffer,
- coin box,
- conservative,
- considerate,
- copyrighted,
- correct,
- covered,
- crypt,
- defended,
- deliberate,
- dependable,
- depository,
- discreet,
- exchequer,
- fisc,
- gingerly,
- gold depository,
- guarded,
- guarding,
- harmless,
- healthy,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- immune,
- immunized,
- impregnable,
- innocent,
- innocuous,
- inoffensive,
- insured,
- intact,
- inviolable,
- invulnerable,
- judicious,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- leaving out nothing,
- locker,
- mindful,
- money chest,
- noncommittal,
- okay,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- patented,
- pawky,
- penny bank,
- permissible,
- piggy bank,
- policed,
- politic,
- pork barrel,
- proper,
- protected,
- protecting,
- prudent,
- public crib,
- public till,
- public treasury,
- public trough,
- regardful,
- reliable,
- repository,
- right,
- riskless,
- safe and sound,
- safe-deposit box,
- safeguarded,
- safeguarding,
- safely,
- satisfactory,
- scatheless,
- screened,
- secure,
- secured,
- securely,
- sheltered,
- sheltering,
- shielded,
- shielding,
- slow to act,
- solid,
- sound,
- storehouse,
- strong room,
- strongbox,
- subtreasury,
- suitable,
- sure,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- till,
- timely,
- treasure-house,
- treasury,
- tried and true,
- unadventurous,
- unassailable,
- uncommunicative,
- undamaged,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unharmed,
- unhurt,
- uninjured,
- uninjurious,
- unpolluted,
- unprecipitate,
- unscathed,
- unthreatened,
- untouched,
- vault,
- wary,
- whole,
- wholesome
- restrained
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- under restraint related words >
- Attic,
- Ciceronian,
- Olympian,
- aesthetic,
- aloof,
- arrested,
- artistic,
- aseptic,
- backward,
- barred,
- bashful,
- beleaguered,
- beset,
- besieged,
- blank,
- blockaded,
- bound,
- bridled,
- cabined,
- caged,
- chaste,
- chastened,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- choice,
- classic,
- clear,
- cloistered,
- closed-in,
- cold,
- confined,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- cooped,
- cordoned,
- cordoned off,
- corralled,
- cramped,
- cribbed,
- curbed,
- detached,
- direct,
- discreet,
- distant,
- easy,
- elegant,
- enclosed,
- excellent,
- expressionless,
- fenced,
- finished,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- frugal,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- guarded,
- hedged,
- hemmed,
- hushed,
- icy,
- immured,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- imprisoned,
- in check,
- in control,
- in good taste,
- in hand,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inaccessible,
- incarcerated,
- incommunicable,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- jailed,
- leaguered,
- limited,
- limpid,
- lucid,
- measured,
- mewed,
- moderate,
- modest,
- natural,
- neat,
- noncommittal,
- of choice,
- of quality,
- offish,
- on leash,
- paled,
- pellucid,
- penned,
- pent-up,
- perspicuous,
- plain,
- pleasing,
- polished,
- pure,
- quarantined,
- quelled,
- quiet,
- railed,
- reasonable,
- refined,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- retarded,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- round,
- shrinking,
- shut-in,
- simple,
- slowed down,
- sober,
- softened,
- sparing,
- stable,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stinting,
- straightforward,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- tasteful,
- tasty,
- temperate,
- tempered,
- terse,
- trim,
- unaffable,
- unaffected,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- understated,
- unexcessive,
- unexpansive,
- unextreme,
- ungenial,
- unlabored,
- unobtrusive,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- well-chosen,
- withdrawn
- mindful
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- bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action" related words >
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- active,
- advertent,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- alert,
- alive,
- alive to,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- all-knowing,
- apperceptive,
- appercipient,
- appreciative of,
- apprehending,
- apprehensive,
- apprised of,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- au courant,
- awake,
- awake to,
- aware,
- aware of,
- behind the curtain,
- behind the scenes,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- cognizant,
- cognizant of,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- comprehending,
- concentrated,
- conforming,
- conscientious,
- conscious,
- conscious of,
- considerate,
- constant,
- conversant,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- delicate,
- devoted,
- devout,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- evocative,
- faithful,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- haunted,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- hep to,
- hesitant,
- in retrospect,
- in the know,
- in the secret,
- indulgent,
- informed of,
- insightful,
- intelligent,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- knowledgeable,
- leaving out nothing,
- lenient,
- let into,
- loving,
- loyal,
- memoried,
- meticulous,
- mindful of,
- mindful of others,
- mnemonic,
- nagged,
- nice,
- niggling,
- no stranger to,
- noncommittal,
- obliging,
- observant,
- observing,
- obsessed,
- omniscient,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the lookout,
- on to,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- perceptive,
- percipient,
- perspicacious,
- plagued,
- politic,
- practicing,
- prehensile,
- privy to,
- prudent,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- rankled,
- redolent,
- regardful,
- remembering,
- remindful,
- reminiscent,
- retentive,
- retrospective,
- safe,
- sagacious,
- scrupulous,
- seized of,
- sensible,
- sensible of,
- sensible to,
- shrewd,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- streetwise,
- suggestive,
- tactful,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- tolerant,
- true,
- unable to forget,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- undeceived,
- understanding,
- unenterprising,
- unmindful,
- unprecipitate,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- wise,
- wise to
- thorough
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- painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research" related words >
- absolute,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-inclusive,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- arrant,
- assiduous,
- blow-by-blow,
- born,
- broad-based,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chronic,
- circumspect,
- classical,
- clean,
- clear,
- complete,
- comprehensive,
- confirmed,
- congenital,
- conscientious,
- consummate,
- crass,
- decided,
- deep-dyed,
- deep-fixed,
- deep-rooted,
- deep-seated,
- deep-set,
- deep-settled,
- definitive,
- deliberate,
- detailed,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- downright,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- egregious,
- elaborate,
- encyclopedic,
- established,
- exhaustive,
- extensive,
- fast,
- full,
- full-dress,
- fully realized,
- gingerly,
- glaring,
- gross,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- implanted,
- incorrigible,
- inculcated,
- industrious,
- infixed,
- ingrained,
- instilled,
- intensive,
- intolerable,
- inveterate,
- irreversible,
- itemized,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- long-established,
- methodical,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- minute,
- noncommittal,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- on guard,
- operose,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- overlooking no possibility,
- painstaking,
- particular,
- particularized,
- pawky,
- perfect,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plumb,
- polished,
- politic,
- positive,
- precious,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- prudent,
- pure,
- radical,
- rank,
- regardful,
- regular,
- rooted,
- safe,
- scrupulous,
- sedulous,
- set,
- settled,
- settled in habit,
- shattering,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- slow to act,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- straight,
- superlative,
- surpassing,
- sweeping,
- tentative,
- the veriest,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- total,
- ubiquitous,
- unadventurous,
- unalloyed,
- unbearable,
- uncommunicative,
- unconditional,
- unconscionable,
- undaring,
- undeniable,
- undiluted,
- unenterprising,
- unequivocal,
- universal,
- unmitigated,
- unmixed,
- unprecipitate,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unspoiled,
- utter,
- veritable,
- wholesale
- guarded
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- prudent; "guarded optimism" related words >
- 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
- politic
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- smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the hostess averted a confrontation between two guests with a diplomatic change of subject"; "the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error"; "affable, suave, moderate men...smugly convinced of their respectability" - Ezra Pound
- marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply" related words >
- Daedalian,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- advantageous,
- advisable,
- appropriate,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- authoritative,
- becoming,
- befitting,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- circumspect,
- civic,
- clean,
- clever,
- congruous,
- considerate,
- convenient,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deceitful,
- decent,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- deliberate,
- delicate,
- designing,
- desirable,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- enlightened,
- evasive,
- excellent,
- expedient,
- expert,
- fancy,
- favorable,
- feasible,
- felicitous,
- feline,
- fit,
- fitten,
- fitting,
- foxy,
- fructuous,
- geopolitical,
- gingerly,
- good,
- goodish,
- governmental,
- graceful,
- guarded,
- guileful,
- handy,
- happy,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- intelligent,
- inventive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- leaving out nothing,
- likely,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- meet,
- mindful,
- neat,
- no mean,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- opportune,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
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