guarded

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: guard=ed
• COUNT in NET: 8 in 8 verses (in OT : 8 in 8 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

guarded, a. 

 Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

guarded, adj. (of a remark etc.) cautious, avoiding commitment.

Derivative

guardedly adv. guardedness n.

THESAURUS

guarded

Argus-eyed, Olympian, all ears, all eyes, aloof, apprehensive, 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, 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ungenial, unpersuadable, unpersuasible, unprecipitate, unwilling to accept, vigilant, wary, watchful, with open eyes, withdrawn

ROGET THESAURUS

guarded

Conditions

N conditions, terms, articles, articles of agreement, memorandum, clauses, provisions, proviso, covenant, stipulation, obligation, ultimatum, sine qua non, casus foederris, conditional, provisional, guarded, fenced, hedged in, conditionally, provisionally, pro re nata, on condition, with a string to it.

Caution

N caution, cautiousness, discretion, prudence, cautel, heed, circumspection, calculation, deliberation, foresight, vigilance, warning, coolness, self-possession, self-command, presence of mind, sang froid, well-regulated mind, worldly wisdom, Fabian policy, cautious, wary, guarded, on one's guard, cavendo tutus, in medio tutissimus, vigilant, careful, heedful, cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic, sure-footed, unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed, overcautious, cautiously, Int, have a care!, timeo Danaos, festina lente, ante victoriam ne canas triumphum, don't sing out victory before the triumph, give, every man thine ear but few thy voice, he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier, ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no v, nescit vox missa reverti, love all, trust a few, noli irritare leones, safe bind safe find, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Care

N care, solicitude, heed, heedfulness, scruple, watchfulness, vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre, alertness, attention, prudence &c, circumspection, anxiety, forethought, precaution, tidiness accuracy, minuteness, attention to detail, careful regardful, heedful, taking care, particular, prudent, considerate, thoughtful, provident, alert, sure-footed, guarded, on one's guard, on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout, awake, broad awake, vigilant, watchful, wakeful, wistful, Argus-eyed, wide awake, on the watch for (expectant), tidy accurate, scrupulous, cavendo tutus, carefully, with care, gingerly, quis custodiet istos custodes?, who will watch the watchers?, care will kill a cat, ni bebas agua que no veas, O polished perturbation! Golden care!, the incessant care and labor of his mind.