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Synonyms for discreet
dɪˈskritdis·creet
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
discreet
Synonyms:
discerning, wise, prudent, circumspect, cautious, wary, regulative, sensible, judiciousAntonyms:
undiscerning, blind, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, unrestrained, reckless, injudicious, silly
Princeton's WordNet
discreetadjective
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
"his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace"
Synonyms:
circumspect, discerningAntonyms:
tactless, blabby, imprudent, blabbermouthed, indiscreet, untactful, bigmouthed, talkativediscerning, discreetadjective
unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic
"a discerning editor"; "a discreet silence"
Synonyms:
apprehensive, circumspect, discerningAntonyms:
talkative, untactful, imprudent, blabby, blabbermouthed, indiscreet, bigmouthed, tactlesscircumspect, discreetadjective
heedful of potential consequences
"circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
Synonyms:
circumspect, discerningAntonyms:
blabby, blabbermouthed, imprudent, untactful, bigmouthed, tactless, indiscreet, talkative
Dictionary of English Synonymes
discreetadjective
Synonyms:
prudent, cautious, judicious, wise, circumspect, considerate, heedful, wary; not rash, heedless, or headlong
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
discreetadjective
Synonyms:
prudent, circumspect, wary, judicious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "discreet":
discrete, unobtrusive, low-key, quiet, inconspicuous, secretive, subtle, understated, stealthy, discrete-mode, low-profile, prudent, discreetly
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4205 | quiet | |
#4991 | wise | |
#9160 | discrete | |
#9840 | subtle | |
#12564 | sensible | |
#13204 | discreet | |
#18081 | cautious | |
#18432 | prudent | |
#22516 | wary | |
#24948 | discerning | |
#34529 | understated | |
#40528 | secretive | |
#43924 | judicious | |
#44968 | discreetly | |
#47106 | apprehensive | |
#47406 | unobtrusive | |
#66028 | stealthy | |
#68439 | inconspicuous | |
#102967 | circumspect | |
#130432 | regulative |
How to use discreet in a sentence?
That went on the longest and David Tadman started to be less discreet, david Tadman would go out on dates with her in town where other people could see them … I think her whole life was marked by Bruce’s death. It’s a wound she never fully recovered from. I was struck by how intense her feelings for Bruce are. She basically said he was the love of her life. It was interesting to talk to this woman who was still in love with someone who died so long ago. Her feelings for him are still just as intense.
Ghazouani is someone who is very discreet. It could well happen that the change is not merely cosmetic.
This truth is well known among our principal men now engaged in forming an imperialism of Capital to govern the world. By dividing the voters through the political party system, we can get them to expend their energies in fighting over questions of no importance. Thus by discreet action we can secure for ourselves what has been so well planned and so successfully accomplished.
The first experience went rather well because he’s a saintly and discreet man, and he handled it well, but in the future, things should be delineated more, or things should be made more explicit.
William Shakespeare, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1.:
Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.
Translations for discreet
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- متحفظArabic
- дискретен, тактичен, сдържан, предпазливBulgarian
- diskretGerman
- διακριτική, διακριτικόςGreek
- discretoSpanish
- diskreetti, hillitty, hienovarainen, tahdikas, hienotunteinenFinnish
- discretFrench
- tapintatos, titoktartó, diszkrétHungarian
- discretoItalian
- prudentesLatin
- discreetDutch
- dyskretnyPolish
- discretRomanian
- незаметный, тактичный, неброскийRussian
- diskretSwedish
- விவேகமுள்ளTamil
- sağduyuluTurkish
- 慎重Chinese
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