Guarded
Antonyms of GUARDED
- imprudent, asleep, neglectful, absentminded, unplanned, inconsiderate, regardless, lax, injudicious, unsafe, outgoing, unmindful, unintentional, unwatchful, heedless, forgetful, unsuspicious, thoughtless, careless, venturesome, impetuous, indiscreet, unwary, inattentive, extroverted, reckless, brash, negligent, uncareful, bold, incautious, remiss, unguarded, inadvertent, rash.
Synonyms of GUARDED
- protective, enshrouded, Undivulged, grabby, uncommunicative, secure, impregnable, on toes, judiciously, prudent, Garrisoned, on guard, put away, alert, hesitantly, hold over, protectively, attitude, walking on eggs, Returned, Concurred, more intelligent, on lookout, alertly, reserved, fastidious, ungenial, limited, bashful, qualified, foresighted, buffered, chilly, on alert, sheltered, discreet, slowly, methodically, discerning, playing it safe, bear, Screened, guardian, suspicious, conducted, guardedly, tucked away, white bread, introverted, assist, secured, overcautious, administer, afraid, mistrustful, particularly, underground, commemorate, distant, Defied, patrol, conditional, secret, detached, Championed, mindful, leery, fortified, backfired, Advocated, under one's wing, tempered, uneasy, sparingly, on file, mistrustfully, on safe side, incommunicative, skillfully, countered, admitted, fortressed, Policed, unenterprising, assignment, withdrawn, regardful, entertained, argus-eyed, classified, guarding, fenced, formal, viscerous, delicately, inhibited, halted, Accommodated, applied, anxious, shrewdest, unmolested, impassive, wakeful, armored, agreed, abide, watchman, ulterior, expressionless, obliged, calculatingly, clandestine, sceptical, Answered, Guards, discriminating, manage, charily, nearly, unemotional, unwasteful, prepared, modestly, thinking twice, sacred, copyrighted, canny, sustained, apprehensive, conscientious, discreetly, Precautious, forethoughtful, on watch, conservative, deliberately, securely, constrained, cagy, kept watch, dried up, rightwing, modified, basketeer, doubtfully, consign, jealous, conserve, invulnerable, depict, close-mouthed, clammed up, like a clam, stay, Carried, respectively, fearful, all ears, unostentatious, keep, unforthcoming, act, look after, attentive, unresponsive, guard, even steven, apprehensively, mysterious, cowardly, tardily, conscientiously, granted on certain terms, shielding, inviolate, squeamish, watchful, scrupulous, Middle-ground, Codicillary, going to great lengths, represented, deliberate, charged, timorous, handling with kid gloves, provisory, cover, particular, with reservations, concealed, shy, barricaded, lookout, doubting, cagily, aux aguets, economically, Shrouded, in rut, provisional, meticulous, lineman, finical, eagle-eyed, backward, on one's toes, Responded, Incog, espouse, narrowly, wary, Bulwarked, Watched, cool, circumspectly, maintain, distrustful, DO, offish, demure, Inconvincible, anxiously, in a rut, serve, attend, sagacious, blank, upon one's guard, undaring, device, aloof, non-committal, Perdu, restlessly, standoff, home free, unhurriedly, under arrest, dignified, having foresight, covert, harboured, icy, endure, fussy, sentry, sly, self-disciplined, considerately, arrested, alerted, conserved, represent, cager, attended, repressed, retiring, gently, uncongenial, loth, right of center, booked, strait-laced, sleepless, chilled, Sheltering, on the qui vive, Patrolled, on the lookout, in depth, loath, reluctant, shrewdly, timid, safe and sound, sluggishly, bastioned, hawk-eyed, ensured, Rebutted, in check, celebrate, ponderously, precise, safed, die hard, pawky, fly, warily, surreptitious, skeptical, quiet, circumspect, close, wisest, knowingly, watch over, precautional, old line, not extreme, countering, see to, shrewd, keep watch over, Fended, cagey, timidly, not absolute, open-eyed, with eyes peeled, conditioned, covered up, defender, calculating, pent-up, Defended, implied, keen-eyed, poker-faced, craven, frosty, deliver, kept an eye on, directed, even-steven, stand firm, prudently, unsocial, intelligent, vigilantly, watch out, worried, noncommittally, alarmed, moderate, under wraps, Suspecting, on the job, preserved, carefully, Unthreatened, standoffish, antisocial, hesitant, hedged, distrustfully, with weather eye open, follow, traditionalistic, buried, unrevealing, suspiciously, Wakefully, defend, Retorted, restrictive, respectfully, abide by, curbed, observe, posture, provident, riskless, exacting, wideawake, sedate, modest, frugally, protect, scrupulously, opposed, on one's guard, diplomatic, reflectively, cunningly, holding to, redeem, private, covered, buffering, sage, guardsman, judicious, responsible, hold, unadventurous, confidential, overcareful, heedful, on-the-fence, intimate, reasonable, SAFER, uncourageous, vigilant, continue, diligent, craftily, maintained, uninjured, Convoyed, patented, suppressed, tightly, detachment, cherish, sentinel, held, on leash, Prevailed, Obtained, removed, assert, masked, cold, unpersuadable, cannily, rightist, restrained, tentative, disciplined, secretive, moderated, with grain of salt, attentively, closely, on the watch, watched over, Resisted, thoughtful, Bridled, Cautioned, unhurt, openeyed, wise, traditionalist, Averted, checked, unexpansive, guarded, intently, bashfully, put in the hole, kept, wistful, on the alert, selfdisciplined, Sentinelled, tactful, aggressively, looking to, watch, sagely, strict, chary, retain, undemonstrative, saved, in safety, declared, keeping on one's toes, astutely, delicate, under lock and key, wisely, awake, uphold, glued, Contemplatively, patronized, frightened, stick to, remote, Possessory, confined, with strings attached, Out of harm's way, with reservation, incredulous, protector, prim, cautiously, Warded, custodial, retarded, reticently, iffy, ice-cold, safely, aware, Argued, gingerly, ready, taciturn, silent, preserve, frigid, careful, considerate, worldly wise, shadowy, cared for, under restraint, Upheld, supported, slowed down, impersonal, looking for, express, unapproachable, systematically, free from danger, not rash, shielded, armed, observant, thorough, in leading strings, Escorted, Deemed, minded, providently, sharp-eyed, controlled, playing it cool, hidden, cautious, out of danger, buttoned up, pursue, protection, evasive, counterattacked, safest, under control, reticent, avidly, Secreted, inaccessible, lidless, Unaffable, sharp, thoughtfully, cloaked, INDEPTH, nervous, Tended, sensible, restricted, protected, rigid, safe, politic, forbidding, noncommittal, Cared, watchfully, heedfully, dainty, in strict confidence, in remission, artfully, Adjudged, safeguarded, evasively, thriftily, position, Obscured, shrinking, hedged in, defensive, all eyes, precautionary, not missing a trick, home-free, barred, manipulative, privy, subdued, Replied, mindfully.
Examples of usage:
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Should he get turned on his back it would be all over with him; but he carefully guarded against such a fatal catastrope. "Popular Adventure Tales" by Mayne Reid
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Instead, he asked her in a guarded voice- " You are as busy as ever?" "Delia Blanchflower" by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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His mother asked a few carefully guarded questions. "Cap'n Warren's Wards" by Joseph C. Lincoln
