| Main Entry: | retiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shy, undemonstrative |
Synonyms: |
backward, bashful, coy, demure, diffident, humble, meek, modest, nongregarious, not forward, quiet, rabbity, recessive, reclusive, reserved, restrained, reticent, self-effacing, shrinking, timid, timorous, unaffable, unassertive, unassuming, unexpansive, unsociable, withdrawing, withdrawn |
Antonyms: |
demonstrative, extroverted, outgoing, self-confident |
| Main Entry: | unsociable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
Synonyms: |
aloof, antagonistic, brooding, cold, cool, distant, easy-going, hostile, inaccessible, inhospitable, introverted, laid-back*, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, retiring, secretive, sensitive, shy, standoffish, stuck-up, timid, unapproachable, unbending, uncommunicative, uncongenial, unforthcoming, unneighborly, unsocial, uppity, withdrawn |
| Notes: | to be antisocial is to be hostile to or disruptive of the established social order, marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores; while being unsociable means one is not disposed to seek the company of others or is reserved |
Antonyms: |
approachable, friendly, nice, sociable, social |
| Main Entry: | withdrawn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsociable |
Synonyms: |
aloof, aseptic, casual, cool, detached, disinterested, distant, incurious, indifferent, introverted, nongregarious, offish, quiet, recluse, reclusive, remote, reserved, restrained, retired, retiring, retreated, shrinking, shy, silent, solitary, standoffish, taciturn, timorous, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, unconcerned, uncurious, undemonstrative, unforthcoming, uninterested |
Antonyms: |
extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable |