| Main Entry: | reticence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | silence |
Synonyms: |
closeness, hesitation, reserve, restraint, shyness |
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
Synonyms: |
bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression |
Antonyms: |
aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
| Main Entry: | modesty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shyness |
Synonyms: |
bashfulness, celibacy, chastity, constraint, coyness, decency, delicacy, demureness, diffidence, discreetness, humbleness, humility, inhibition, innocence, lack of pretension, meekness, propriety, prudery, purity, quietness, reserve, reticence, self-effacement, simplicity, timidity, unobtrusiveness, unostentatiousness, unpretentiousness, virtue |
Antonyms: |
arrogance, boldness, braveness, conceit, courage, ego, pride, self-confidence |
| Main Entry: | reserve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coolness of manner |
Synonyms: |
aloofness, backwardness, calmness, caution, coldness, constraint, coyness, demureness, diffidence, formality, inhibition, modesty, quietness, reluctance, repression, reservation, restraint, reticence, secretiveness, self-restraint, shyness, silence, suppression, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness, unresponsiveness |
Antonyms: |
friendliness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | secrecy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concealment |
Synonyms: |
clandestineness, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, isolation, mystery, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, openness, publicity, revelation |
| Main Entry: | self-control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willpower over one's actions |
Synonyms: |
abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-constraint, self-discipline, self-government, sobriety, stability, stoicism, strength of character |
Antonyms: |
agitation, rashness |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absence of sound, speech |
Synonyms: |
blackout, calm, censorship, dead air, death, dumbness, hush, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, laconism, lull, muteness, noiselessness, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, quietus, reserve, reticence, saturninity, secrecy, sleep, speechlessness, still, stillness, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness |
Antonyms: |
clamor, communication, noise, talk |
| Main Entry: | shyness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bashfulness |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, coyness, demureness, diffidence, insecurity, meekness, modesty, reserve, restraint, reticence, sheepishness, timidity, timidness, timorousness |
| Main Entry: | low profile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | avoidance of attention |
Synonyms: |
inconspicuousness, latency, low key, low posture, low visibility, reluctance, reticence, secrecy, semivisibility |
| Main Entry: | closeness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nearness |
Synonyms: |
adjacency, compactness, density, illiberality, intimacy, parsimony, penuriousness, propinquity, proximity, reticence, secrecy, secretiveness, stinginess, strictness |