Discreet

Adjective

 * 1) Respectful of privacy or secrecy; quiet; diplomatic.
 * With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.
 * John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet.
 * 1) Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.

Adverbs for Discreet
astutely; reasonably; habitually; safely; loyally; admirably; cautiously; warily; wisely; sagaciously; carefully; tremendously; invariably; rarely; absolutely; dependably; naturally; thoughtfully; considerately; oddly; superbly; shrewdly; craftily; marvelously; unerringly; consummately; prudently; vigilantly; cannily; scrupulously; sharply.

Synonyms for Discreet
cautious, thoughtful, judicious, wary, prudent, sensible, discerning, careful, wise, circumspect, serious, attentive, watchful, considerate.

Antonyms for Discreet
indiscreet, incautious, reckless, imprudent, unwary, foolish, rash, injudicious, unrestrained, blind, heedless, hasty, foolhardy, precipitate, thoughtless, incautious, unguarded.

Derived terms

 * discreetly
 * discretion

Thesaurus
Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chilled, chilly, circumspect, close, closemouthed, cold, considerate, constrained, controlled, cool, dark, deliberate, detached, diplomatic, discriminating, discriminative, distant, dry, enlightened, evasive, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, judgmatic, judicial, judicious, leaving out nothing, mindful, moderate, modest, noncommittal, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, provident, prudent, prudential, reasonable, reflecting, reflective, regardful, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, reticent, retiring, safe, secret, secretive, shifty, shrinking, simple, slow to act, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, tactful, temperate, tentative, thorough, thoughtful, unadorned, unadventurous, unaffable, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncongenial, undaring, undemonstrative, unelaborate, unenterprising, unexcessive, unexpansive, unextreme, ungenial, unostentatious, unprecipitate, unpretentious, wary, watchful, well-advised, well-judged, withdrawn

Etymology
From discret, from  discretus, from past participle of discernere.

Pronunciation

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Translations

 * Bulgarian: дискретен, тактичен
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:


 * Greek: διακριτική,
 * Hungarian:, tapintatos, titoktartó
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:, сдържан
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Russian: незаметный, неброский

Anagrams

 * discrete

Adjective

 * 1) discreet