Reserve

Noun

 * 1) The act of reserving, or keeping back; reservation; exception.
 * I accept your view with one reserve.
 * 1) That which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use.
 * 2) A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
 * New oil reserves are continuously being discovered, but not as fast as the existing ones are running out.
 * 1) Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
 * 2) A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose; as, the Connecticut Reserve in Ohio, originally set apart for the school fund of Connecticut; the Clergy Reserves in Canada, for the support of the clergy.
 * 3)  A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group. (Compare US reservation:.)
 * 4)  A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
 * 5)  Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
 * 6)  A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.

Synonyms

 * reservation, res
 * self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity
 * substitute
 * rez

Related terms

 * reservist

Verb

 * 1) To keep back; to retain.
 * We reserve the right for modifications.
 * 1) To keep in store for future or special use.
 * This cake is reserved for the guests!
 * 1) To book in advance; to make a reservation.
 * I reserved a table for us at the best restaurant in town.

Adjectives for Reserve
scholarly; cash; considerable; substantial; emotional; chaste; appreciable; haughty; preliminary; habitual; dignified; sullen; mistrustful; maidenly; stately; sorrowful; stern; cold; unsympathizing; timberland; stubborn; approaching; singular; natural; compulsory; lawful; precious; womanly; ungenerous; freezing; naive; analytical; mysterious; alkaline; impenetrable; defective; delicate; mutual; watchful; critical.

Verbs for Reserve
break down—; deplete—; discard—; emerge from—; ignore—; inspire—; intensify—; penetrate—; pierce—; prick—; retain—; — cloaks; —conceals; —covers; —masks; — melts; —mystifies; —piques; —protects; — secludes.

Adverbs for Reserve
expressly; shrewdly; delicately; covetously; exclusively; faithfully.

Thesaurus
Indian reservation, abstain, accessible, adjourn, allocate, allot, aloofness, alternate, alternative, aplomb, appoint, appropriate to, archives, assign, assign to, auxiliary, available, avoidance, backlog, backup, backwardness, bank, bashfulness, bespeak, bird sanctuary, blankness, book, brachylogy, brevity, brief, briefness, brusqueness, cache, charter, chilliness, coldness, compactness, compendiousness, conciseness, concision, conserve, constraint, continue, contract for, coolness, counterfeit, crispness, curtness, defer, delay, destine, detachment, detail, detain, discreetness, discretion, dispense with, distance, do without, dodging, drag out, dummy, earmark, employ, engage, equivalent, ersatz, evasion, expressionlessness, extend, extra, fake, fate, forbear, forest preserve, forgo, formality, fresh, frigidity, frostiness, fudging, fund, game reserve, guardedness, hang fire, hang up, hedging, held back, held in reserve, held out, hesitancy, hesitation, hire, hoard, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, husband, iciness, imitation, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality, in abeyance, in hand, in readiness, in reserve, in store, inaccessibility, introversion, inventory, keep, keep back, keep by one, keep in hand, keep in reserve, keep in store, keep on hand, lay aside, lay by, lay over, let alone, library, limit, limitation, lot, make assignments, makeshift, mark off, mark out for, mint, mock, modesty, museum, national forest, national park, nest egg, new, not touch, not use, on call, on hand, on tap, ordain, original, paradise, park, phony, pigeonhole, pinch, pithiness, pointedness, portion off, postpone, preengage, preserve, pristine, prolong, prorogate, prorogue, protract, provisional, proxy, push aside, put apart, put aside, put by, put off, put on ice, ready, recess, recruit, refrain, register, reinforcements, remoteness, repression, reservation, reserve fund, reserve supply, reservedness, reserves, reservoir, resource, restraint, restrict, restrict to, restriction, retain, reticence, reticency, retirement, retiring disposition, sanctuary, save, save up, saved, savings, schedule, secondary, secure, self-control, self-restraint, sententiousness, set, set apart, set aside, set by, set off, shelve, shift off, shortness, sign on, sign up, sign up for, sinking fund, sleep on, something in reserve, spare, stand over, standoffishness, state forest, stave off, stay, stock, stockpile, stopgap, store, stored, stretch out, subduedness, substitute, succinctness, summariness, supply, suppression, suspend, suspended, table, taciturnity, tag, take a recess, take into employment, take on, temporary, tentative, terseness, to spare, token, unaffability, unapplied, unapproachability, unbeaten, uncongeniality, unconsumed, undemonstrativeness, unemployed, unexercised, unexpansiveness, unexpended, unexpended balance, unhandled, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrodden, unused, unutilized, utility, vicarious, waive, waived, wilderness preserve, wildlife preserve, withdrawal, withdrawnness, withhold

Pronunciation




Noun

 * Estonian: varumine
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: Reservieren
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Russian: запасание, резервироавние
 * Swedish: reservation


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, 備蓄


 * Norwegian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: reserver


 * Finnish:


 * Japanese: 埋蔵


 * Finnish: varautuneisuus
 * German: Reserviertheit
 * Japanese: 自制, 控えめ


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian: сдержанность


 * Finnish:, -alue
 * Japanese: 保留地, 予備地
 * Norwegian:


 * Russian:, резервация
 * Swedish: reservat


 * Finnish:, -alue


 * Japanese: 保護区


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 予備兵力; 予備役


 * Norwegian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: reserv


 * Finnish:, vararahasto
 * Japanese: ; 引当金


 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Russian: резервный фонд


 * Finnish: vaihtopelaaja
 * Japanese: 控え, 補欠
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Russian: запасной игрок, запасной
 * Swedish: reserv


 * : 儲備, 储备 (chǔbèi)
 * : επιφύλαξη (epifílaksi)
 * : επιφύλαξη (epifílaksi)
 * : επιφύλαξη (epifílaksi)
 * : επιφύλαξη (epifílaksi)
 * : επιφύλαξη (epifílaksi)


 * : 예비 (yebi)
 * : reserv
 * : reserv
 * : reserv
 * : reserv

Verb

 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese: 残す;  留保


 * Norwegian:, ,
 * Russian:, зарезервировать ; оставлять
 * Swedish: reservera
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: panna talteen, varata, pitää varalla
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 蓄える
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Russian: запасать, ; откладывать , отложить ;
 * Swedish: reservera
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: ,


 * Polish: ,
 * Russian:, зарезервировать ; бронировать , забронировать
 * Swedish: reservera
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * : (Hájaza)
 * : 保留 (bǎoliú)


 * : 예약하다 (yeyakhada)

Anagrams

 * reveres
 * reverse
 * severer

Noun

 * 1) reserve (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)

Anagrams

 * serveer, servere, verrees