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guarded - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: guarded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: suspicious
Synonyms: attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, discreet, gingerly, leery, noncommittal, prudent, reserved, restrained, reticent, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, on the lookout, overcareful, overcautious, with eyes peeled
Antonyms: careless, incautious, unguarded, unsuspicious, unwatchful
Main Entry: guard
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: protect, watch
Synonyms: attend, baby-sit, bulwark, chaperon, chaperone, conduct, convoy, cover, defend, escort, fend, keep, lookout, mind, observe, oversee, patrol, police*, preserve, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shepherd, shield, stonewall*, superintend, supervise, tend, cover up, keep an eye on, keep in view, keep under surveillance, look after, ride shotgun for, see after, shotgun
Antonyms: disregard, forget, ignore, neglect
Main Entry: calculating
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: scheming to manipulate
Synonyms: Machiavellian, artful, canny, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, crafty, cunning, designing, devious, discreet, gingerly, guarded, intelligent, politic, safe, scheming, sharp, shrewd, sly, wary, wily, contriving, guileful, manipulative, premeditating
Antonyms: artless, naive, unassuming, uncalculating
Main Entry: circumspect
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cautious, discreet
Synonyms: attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, chary, considerate, deliberate, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, judicious, meticulous, observant, politic, prudent, punctilious, safe, sagacious, sage, scrupulous, vigilant, wary, watchful
Antonyms: audacious, bold, careless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, uncareful, uncircumspect, unheedful
Main Entry: concealed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hidden, secret
Synonyms: camouflaged, covered, covert, guarded, hush-hush*, incognito, inconspicuous, masked, obscure, planted, privy, recondite, ulterior, under wraps*, unseen, veiled, buried, cached, covered up, enshrouded, holed up, hushed up, incog, obscured, on the Q. T., perdu, put in the hole, screened, secreted, shrouded, stashed, tucked away
Antonyms: bare, clear, exposed, obvious, open, plain, shown, uncovered, disclosed, revealed, told
Main Entry: conditional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dependent
Synonyms: contingent, depending on, fortuitous, guarded, iffy*, incidental, inconclusive, limited, modified, obscure, provisional, qualified, relative, restricted, restrictive, subject to, tentative, uncertain, codicillary, granted on certain terms, not absolute, provisory, reliant, relying on, with grain of salt, with reservations, with strings attached
Antonyms: independent, unconditional, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted
Main Entry: conservative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cautious, moderate, tending to preserve the status quo
Synonyms: bourgeois, constant, conventional, die-hard, fearful, firm, fuddy-duddy*, guarded, hard hat, illiberal, inflexible, middle-of-the-road*, obstinate, old guard*, orthodox, quiet, reactionary, redneck*, right, right-wing, sober, stable, steady, timid, traditional, unchangeable, unchanging, unimaginative, Tory, controlled, fogyish, hidebound, holding to, in a rut, not extreme, old line, right of center, traditionalistic, uncreative, undaring, unprogressive, white bread
Antonyms: exaggerated, incautious, left-wing, liberal, progressive, radical
Main Entry: discreet
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cautious, sensible
Synonyms: alert, attentive, awake, cagey, calculating, careful, chary, circumspect, civil, conservative, considerate, diplomatic, discerning, discriminating, gingerly, guarded, heedful, intelligent, judicious, moderate, noncommittal, observant, politic, prudent, reasonable, reserved, restrained, safe, sagacious, strategic, tactful, temperate, thoughtful, vigilant, wary, watchful, wise, worldly-wise, controlled, having foresight, like a clam, not rash, on lookout, precautious
Notes: discreet means 'judicious, prudent, showing discernment,' while discrete means 'detached, separate' and 'individually distinct'
Antonyms: careless, foolish, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless, thoughtless, uncareful, undiscerning
Main Entry: gingerly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careful
Synonyms: calculating, cautious, chary, circumspect, considerate, dainty, delicate, discreet, fastidious, guarded, hesitant, reluctant, safe, squeamish, suspicious, timid, wary
Antonyms: careless, rash, rough, uncareful, uncautious
Main Entry: inhibited
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy
Synonyms: cold, frustrated, guarded, hung up*, reserved, reticent, self-conscious, subdued, unresponsive, uptight, withdrawn, bottled up, constrained, passionless, repressed, undemonstrative
Antonyms: aggressive, bold, forward, immodest, self-confident
Main Entry: jealous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: desirous; wary
Synonyms: anxious, apprehensive, attentive, covetous, demanding, doubting, envious, grasping, green-eyed, guarded, intolerant, invidious, jaundiced, possessive, protective, questioning, rival, skeptical, solicitous, suspicious, vigilant, watchful, zealous, begrudging, emulous, envying, grabby, grudging, mistrustful, monopolizing, possessory, resentful
Antonyms: confident, content, satisfied, trusting, unresentful
Main Entry: noncommittal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unwilling to decide
Synonyms: ambiguous, careful, cautious, circumspect, discreet, equivocal, evasive, guarded, hush-hush*, indefinite, judicious, middle-of-the-road*, neutral, politic, reserved, restrained, tactful, tentative, vague, wary, buttoned up, clammed up, constrained, even-steven, incommunicable, middle-ground, on-the-fence, temporizing, unrevealing, zipped
Antonyms: decisive, definite, willing, committal, judgemental
Main Entry: ulterior
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: secret; pertaining to a hidden goal
Synonyms: ambiguous, concealed, covert, cryptic, dark, enigmatic, equivocal, guarded, hidden, implied, obscure, personal, privy, remote, secondary, selfish, under wraps*, undisclosed, unexpressed, unsaid, buried, obscured, shrouded, under cover, undivulged
Antonyms: known, overt, public, expressed
Main Entry: uncommunicative
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: shy, silent
Synonyms: aloof, close, curt, distant, evasive, guarded, hush-hush*, quiet, reserved, reticent, retiring, secretive, short, standoffish, taciturn, tight-lipped*, unapproachable, unresponsive, unsociable, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, dried up, offish, on the QT
Antonyms: communicative, confident, extroverted, responsive
Main Entry: vigilant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careful, watchful
Synonyms: acute, agog, alert, anxious, attentive, aware, cautious, circumspect, guarded, keen, observant, on guard, on the ball*, sharp, sleepless, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, looking for, looking to, on alert, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, on toes, open-eyed, unsleeping, waiting on, with eyes peeled, with weather eye open
Antonyms: careless, impulsive, inattentive, indiscreet, negligent
Main Entry: wary
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: careful, cautious
Synonyms: alert, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, distrustful, doubting, frugal, gingerly, guarded, handling with kid gloves, heedful, keeping on one's toes, leery, on guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, provident, prudent, safe, saving, sly, sparing, suspicious, thinking twice, thrifty, unwasteful, vigilant, walking on eggs, watchful, watching one's step, watching out, wide-awake
Antonyms: careless, foolish, heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless
Main Entry: watchful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: on the lookout
Synonyms: alert, all ears, attentive, careful, cautious, chary, circumspect, glued, guarded, heedful, hooked*, keen, not missing a trick, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball*, on the job, on the qui vive, on the watch, open-eyed, prepared, ready, see after, see to, suspicious, unsleeping, vigilant, wakeful, wary, wide-awake, with eyes peeled
Antonyms: inattentive, negligent
Main Entry: defended
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: protected
Synonyms: guarded, safe, safeguarded
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