guarded

About 4.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past and past participle of guard
2. adjective Cautious; restrained.

   guarded outlook

3. adjective A good outcome has fair odds of happening but close monitoring is important because odds of deterioration are not low.

   guarded prognosis

4. adjective Watched over; supervised.
5. adjective Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).

Similar words

restrained cautious noncommittal uncommunicative incommunicative unrevealing protected shielded maintained controlled

Often followed by

by against the and in with from as secret

Word family

guardedly guardedness guardednesses