Synonyms for reserve
rɪˈzɜrvre·serve

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1. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   res, reservation

2. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   substitute

3. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   rez

4. reservenoun

   To keep back; to retain.

   We reserve the right for modifications.

   Synonyms:
   reservation, res, self-restraint, taciturnity, reticence

5. reservenoun

   To keep in store for future or special use.

   This cake is reserved for the guests!

   Synonyms:
   reservation, reticence, self-restraint, res, taciturnity

6. reservenoun

   To book in advance; to make a reservation.

   I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.

   Synonyms:
   reservation, taciturnity, res, self-restraint, reticence

7. reservenoun

   Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.

   Synonyms:
   taciturnity, self-restraint, reservation, res, reticence

8. reservenoun

   A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.

   Synonyms:
   self-restraint, reticence, reservation, res, taciturnity

9. reservenoun

   A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)

   Synonyms:
   self-restraint, res, taciturnity, reservation, reticence

10. reservenoun

    A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.

    Synonyms:
    reservation, reticence, self-restraint, res, taciturnity

11. reservenoun

    Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.

    Synonyms:
    taciturnity, reservation, self-restraint, reticence, res

12. reservenoun

    A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

    Synonyms:
    reticence, reservation, self-restraint, taciturnity, res

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1. reserve

   Bashfulness is a shrinking from notice without assignable reason. Coyness is a half encouragement, half avoidance of offered attention, and may be real or affected. Diffidence is self-distrust; modesty, a humble estimate of oneself in comparison with others, or with the demands of some undertaking. Modesty has also the specific meaning of a sensitive shrinking from anything indelicate. Shyness is a tendency to shrink from observation; timidity, a distinct fear of criticism, error, or failure. Reserve is the holding oneself aloof from others, or holding back one's feelings from expression, or one's affairs from communication to others. Reserve may be the retreat of shyness, or, on the other hand, the contemptuous withdrawal of pride and haughtiness. Compare ABASH; PRIDE; TACITURN.

   Synonyms:
   backwardness, bashfulness, coldness, constraint, coyness, diffidence, modesty, shyness, timidity, unobtrusiveness

   Antonyms:
   abandon, arrogance, assumption, assurance, boldness, conceit, confidence, egotism, forwardness, frankness, freedom, haughtiness, impudence, indiscretion, loquaciousness, loquacity, pertness, sauciness, self-conceit, self-sufficiency, sociability

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1. reserve

   Synonyms:
   reservation, retention, limitation, withholding, appropriation, coyness, shyness, backwardness, secretiveness, taciturnity, modesty, restraint, constraint

   Antonyms:
   abandonment, nonreservation, surrender, absoluteness, openness, frankness, forwardness, pertness, unrestraint, undisguise, transparency, shamelessness indiscretion

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1. modesty, reservenoun

   formality and propriety of manner

   Synonyms:
   substitute, stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, backlog, military reserve, reticence, modestness

2. reserve, backlog, stockpilenoun

   something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, backlog, military reserve, reticence, substitute

3. substitute, reserve, second-stringernoun

   an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

   Synonyms:
   fill-in, relief, replacement, backup, backlog, backup man, reliever, second-stringer, military reserve, modesty, reticence, stand-in, stockpile, reservation, substitute, taciturnity

4. reservenoun

   (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, backlog, military reserve, reticence, substitute

5. reservation, reservenoun

   a district that is reserved for particular purpose

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, reservation, second-stringer, taciturnity, qualification, military reserve, mental reservation, modesty, booking, backlog, arriere pensee, reticence, substitute

6. military reserve, reservenoun

   armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, backlog, military reserve, reticence, substitute

7. reserve, reticence, taciturnityverb

   the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

   Synonyms:
   stockpile, second-stringer, taciturnity, reservation, modesty, backlog, military reserve, reticence, substitute

8. reserveverb

   hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency

   "they held back their applause in anticipation"

   Synonyms:
   book, set aside, appropriate, allow, earmark, hold

9. allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserveverb

   give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

   "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day"

   Synonyms:
   admit, grant, set aside, capture, appropriate, suspend, hold, let, book, give up, tolerate, countenance, permit, provide, leave, allow, conquer, take into account, seize, allow for, earmark

10. reserveverb

    obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance

    "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"

    Synonyms:
    book, set aside, appropriate, allow, earmark, hold

11. reserve, hold, bookverb

    arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

    "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, retain, earmark, moderate, view as, support, apply, hold back, book, defend, take hold, allow, deem, hold up, arrest, take, have, concord, check, make, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, halt, keep, obligate, carry, give, adjudge, entertain, nurse, oblige, curb, hold, set aside, bind, confine, have got, restrain, withstand, agree, hold in, appropriate, contain, harbour, maintain, guard, concur, keep back, sustain, prevail, admit, obtain, declare, bear

Matched Categories

1. • Accumulation
   • Administrative District
   • Athlete
   • Indefinite Quantity
   • Medicine
   • Propriety
   • Request
   • Withhold

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1. reserveverb

   Synonyms:
   keep, hold, retain, husband, set by, lay by, lay up, store up

2. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   reservation, something reserved

3. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   constraint, restraint, backwardness, cautious behavior

4. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   shyness, coyness, bashfulness, taciturnity, modesty, demureness, reservedness

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1. reservenoun

   Synonyms:
   reticence, constraint, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity, restraint

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1. List of paraphrases for "reserve":

   reservation, reserves, reservations, contingency, standby, réserve, reservists, stand-by, storeroom, pool, reservist, reserved, rez, back-up, ckgr, on-reserve, stockpile, booking, reserva, proviso, buffer, care-of, protest, reserving, spare, book

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How to use reserve in a sentence?

1. Scott McBride:

   As the lapse in appropriation continues, more than 55,000 Coast Guard active duty, reserve, and civilian employees will not receive monthly pay and benefits. In addition, the federal funding hiatus may affect the retired pay for 50,000 Coast Guard annuitants.

2. Jim Martin:

   A Federal Reserve policy that eases restrictions on interest rates, allowing struggling seniors to earn even a few extra dollars from their savings and investments would be a true God send, to the elderly, such a policy could be the difference in their very survival.

3. Lam Paul Gabriel:

   We reserve the right to self defense.

4. Andreas Preuss:

   The mood is concentrated but confident that it will go smoothly, network frequency is stable, reserve load is being called on.

5. Mark Zandi:

   Federal Reserve gets more complicated, landing the plane would become more difficult because the fog is thicker.