reserved

/rɪˈzʌrvd/

/rɛˈzʌvd/

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.

Reserved can also mean "set aside." If your seats at a concert are reserved, that means they're saved for you. If there aren't any reserved seats — if it's all general admission — you should get there early to get a good seat.

Definitions of reserved

1. adjective

   set aside for the use of a particular person or party
   synonyms:

   booked, engaged, set-aside

   reserved in advance

   bookable

   subject to being reserved or booked

   antonyms:

   unreserved

   not reserved

   first-come-first-serve, rush

   not accepting reservations

   unbooked

   not reserved in advance
2. adjective

   marked by self-restraint and reticence
   “"was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West”

   synonyms:

   backward

   (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

   undemonstrative

   not given to open expression of emotion

   inhibited

   held back or restrained or prevented

   aloof, distant, remote, upstage

   remote in manner

   diffident

   showing modest reserve

   indrawn, withdrawn

   tending to reserve or introspection

   restrained

   under restraint

   antonyms:

   unreserved

   not cautious or reticent

   demonstrative

   given to or marked by the open expression of emotion

   uninhibited

   not inhibited or restrained

   unrestrained

   not subject to restraint