Social life

Synonyms for reserved

The synonym for reserved recorded in this bank is reticent, in the sense "slow to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; socially restrained". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · adjective · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 6 puzzles

The synonym for reserved

reticentadjective, in the sense "slow to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; socially restrained"

That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and reserved carries one sense so far.

The senseadjectiveTier 2, TreelineSocial life

slow to reveal one's thoughts or feelings; socially restrained.

He was reserved at the party, speaking only when someone spoke to him first.

One sentence, one sense. Without it the word could be read three other ways.

The true synonym

reticent

Same sentence, swapped: He was reticent at the party, speaking only when someone spoke to him first.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot reserved is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

rude
exhausted
confused

Where reserved turns up in the game

reserved is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in six other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.

4 of the 6 puzzles where reserved is the trap

combativeadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is feisty, in the sense "eager and ready to compete or contend", and reserved is one of the three tiles that lose.
gregariousadjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is outgoing, in the sense "fond of company and inclined to seek social interaction", and reserved is one of the three tiles that lose.
unctuousadjective, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is smarmy, in the sense "excessively flattering or ingratiating in a way that seems insincere", and reserved is on the board beside it.
detachedadjective, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is uninvolved, in the sense "showing lack of emotional involvement", and reserved is one of the three tiles that lose.

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Closest first: other social life words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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