'Guarded' definitions:
Definition of 'guarded'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Prudent; "guarded optimism" [syn: guarded, restrained]
Definition of 'Guarded'
From: GCIDE
- Guard \Guard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG. wart?n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. & n., and cf. Guard, n.]
- 1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for. [1913 Webster]
- For Heaven still guards the right. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
- Syn: To defend; protect; shield; keep; watch. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Guarded'
From: GCIDE
- Guarded \Guard"ed\, a. Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- {Guard"edly}, adv. -- {Guard"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'guarded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- aloof,
- apprehensive,
- Argus-eyed,
- armed,
- arrested,
- aux aguets,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- bridled,
- buried,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- circumspect,
- cloaked,
- cold,
- concealed,
- considerate,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- copyrighted,
- covered,
- covert,
- curbed,
- custodial,
- defended,
- deliberate,
- detached,
- discreet,
- disinclined to believe,
- disposed to doubt,
- distant,
- eagle-eyed,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gingerly,
- hard of belief,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hidden,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- impervious to persuasion,
- in check,
- in leading strings,
- in remission,
- inaccessible,
- inconvincible,
- incredulous,
- inhibited,
- introverted,
- invulnerable,
- judicious,
- keen-eyed,
- leaving out nothing,
- leery,
- lidless,
- loath,
- mindful,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- obscured,
- observant,
- offish,
- Olympian,
- on guard,
- on leash,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- patented,
- pawky,
- pent-up,
- policed,
- politic,
- privy,
- protected,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- reluctant,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- retarded,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- safe,
- safeguarded,
- screened,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltered,
- shielded,
- shrinking,
- shrouded,
- shy of belief,
- skeptical,
- sleepless,
- slow to act,
- slowed down,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- unadventurous,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- unconvincible,
- uncredulous,
- undaring,
- undemonstrative,
- under control,
- under discipline,
- under restraint,
- unenterprising,
- unexpansive,
- ungenial,
- unpersuadable,
- unpersuasible,
- unprecipitate,
- unwilling to accept,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- with open eyes,
- withdrawn
Words containing 'Guarded'
- Guard,
- Guardedly,
- Guardful,
- Guardfully,
- Guards,
- On guard,
- guard against,
- guarding,
- off guard,
- off her guard,
- off his guard,
- off your guard,
- on your guard,
- Advanced guard,
- Cattle guard,
- Coast guard,
- Corporal's guard,
- Face guard,
- Foot Guards,
- Grand guard,
- Guard boat,
- Guard cells,
- Guard chamber,
- Guard detail,
- Guard duty,
- Guard lock,
- Guard of honor,
- Guard rail,
- Guard ship,
- Horse Guards,
- Imperial guard,
- Life guard,
- Mail guard,
- National guard,
- Off one's guard,
- On one's guard,
- Picket guard,
- Pretorian guards,
- Rail guard,
- Rear guard,
- The Horse Guards,
- To mount guard,
- To run the guard,
- Walloon guard,
- Watch guard,
- Yeoman of the guard,
- advance guard,
- arm guard,
- bank guard,
- body guard,
- bumper guard,
- color guard,
- crossing guard,
- door guard,
- guard dog,
- guard hair,
- guard's van,
- home guard,
- honor guard,
- keep guard,
- nose guard,
- off-guard,
- old guard,
- praetorian guard,
- prison guard,
- provost guard,
- red guard,
- republican guard,
- security guard,
- shin guard,
- splash guard,
- stand guard,
- Castle-guard,
- Stack-guard,
- air national guard,
- army national guard,
- national guard bureau,
- splash-guard,
- u. s. coast guard,
- upon one's guard,
- us coast guard,
- united states coast guard