RESERVE Synonyms

• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

• a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

• capable of substituting in any of several positions on a team

• serving or used in place of another

• artificial and inferior

• put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

• be a substitute

• act as a substitute

• the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

• make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen

• consent to, give permission; permit

• let have

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

• afford possibility

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• grant as a discount or in exchange

• allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting

• suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

• meant or adapted for an occasion or use

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)

• the large log at the back of a hearth fire

• something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

• accumulate and create a backlog

• a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)

• the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina

• physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

• the sacred writings of the Christian religions

• a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

• a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance

• a record in which commercial accounts are recorded

• a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game

• a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made

• a major division of a long written composition

• a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge

• engage for a performance

• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

• record a charge in a police register

• register in a hotel booker

• identification mark on the ear of a domestic animal

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute of someone or something

• give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

• the act of grasping

• understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

• power by which something or someone is affected or dominated

• time during which some action is awaited

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• a stronghold

• a cell in a jail or prison

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

• have or hold in one's hands or grip

• organize or be responsible for

• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

• keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• secure and keep for possible future use or application

• have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• contain or hold; have within

• have room for; hold without crowding

• remain in a certain state, position, or condition

• support or hold in a certain manner

• be valid, applicable, or true

• assert or affirm

• have as a major characteristic

• be capable of holding or containing

• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

• protect against a challenge or attack

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• hold the attention of

• remain committed to

• resist or confront with resistance

• be pertinent or relevant or applicable

• stop dealing with

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• keep from departing

• take and maintain control over, often by violent means

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• cover as for protection against noise or smell

• drink alcohol without showing ill effects

• aim, point, or direct

• declare to be

• be in accord; be in agreement

• keep from exhaling or expelling

• freedom from vanity or conceit

• formality and propriety of manner

• a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells

• an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

• exhibiting restraint imposed on the self

• something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

• a storage pile accumulated for future use

• have on hand

• a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite

• a member of a military reserve

• any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground

• of or relating to a territory

• displaying territoriality; defending a territory from intruders

• belonging to the territory of any state or ruler

• nonprofessional soldier member of a territorial military unit

• a territorial military unit