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Adjective reserved has 3 senses
- reserved - set aside for the use of a particular person or party
Antonyms: unreserved, first-come-first-serve, rush, unbooked
- reserved - marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West
Antonym: unreserved
- reserved, restrained, reticent, unemotional - cool and formal in manner
Antonym: demonstrative (indirect, via undemonstrative)
Verb reserve has 4 senses
- reserve - hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
--1 is one way to withhold, keep back
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve - give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
--2 is one way to assign, allot, portion
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- reserve - obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
--3 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
- reserve, hold, book - 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"
--4 is one way to request, bespeak, call for, quest
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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