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- Dictionaryreserved/rɪˈzəːvd/
adjective
- 1. slow to reveal emotion or opinions: "he is a reserved, almost taciturn man" Similar Opposite
- 2. kept specially for a particular person: "a reserved seat" Similar Opposite
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RESERVED definition: 1. Reserved people do not often talk about or show their feelings or thoughts: 2. Reserved…. Learn more.
Jul 1, 2012 · The meaning of RESERVED is restrained in words and actions. How to use reserved in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Reserved.
A table in a restaurant or a seat in a theatre that is reserved is being kept for someone rather than given or sold to anyone else. Seats, or sometimes entire tables, were reserved. More Synonyms of reserved
formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others: a quiet, reserved man. Synonyms: cold, distant, withdrawn, taciturn, constrained, reticent, controlled, composed. characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.: reserved comments.
If you're reserved, you're the opposite of a loudmouth or a cut-up: you're polite, you have a lot of self-control, and you don't show your feelings.
1. set apart for someone or some particular use or purpose. 2. avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others; formal or self-restrained. 3. characterized by reserve: reserved comments. [1425–75] re•serv′ed•ly, adv. re•serv′ed•ness, n.
Definition of reserved adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
