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Defenition of the word reserve

    • Defenition of the word reserve

      • Any area of land or water that has been set aside for a special purpose, often to prevent or reduce harm to its wildlife and ecosystems. (Source: RHW / DOE)
      • To arrange for (something for someone else) in advance.
      • To give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
      • To assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
      • give or assign a share of money or time to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"
      • not engaged in military action
      • armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency
      • formality and propriety of manner
      • a district that is reserved for particular purpose
      • obtain or arrange in advance: "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim's"
      • hold back or set aside, esp. for future use or contingency: reserve: they held back their applause in anticipation.
      • something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose
      • arrange for and reserve in advance; "reserve a seat on a flight"; "We booked tickets to the show"; "please hold a table at Maxim's"
      • hold on to
      • the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary
      • kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
      • an athlete who plays only when another member of the team drops out
      • (medicine) potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions
      • obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance; "We managed to reserve a table at Maxim''s"
      • hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency; "they held back their applause in anticipation"
      • arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; "reserve me a seat on a flight"; "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family"; "please hold a table at Maxim''s"
      • an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced
      • give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
      • obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance
      • hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency
      • arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

    Synonyms for the word reserve

      • allow
      • aloofness
      • appropriate
      • backlog
      • book
      • cache
      • coldness
      • coolness
      • detachment
      • diffidence
      • distance
      • earmark
      • emergency supply
      • formality
      • hoard
      • hold
      • hold back
      • inactive
      • keep
      • keep back
      • military reserve
      • modesty
      • preserve
      • put to one side
      • reservation
      • retain
      • reticence
      • salt away
      • save
      • set aside
      • shyness
      • spare
      • stash
      • stash away
      • stock
      • stockpile
      • store
      • substitute
      • taciturnity

    Similar words in the reserve

      • nonoperational
      • reserve
      • reserved
      • reservedly
      • reserves
      • unnecessary
      • unneeded

    Meronymys for the word reserve

      • bench
      • reservist

    Hyponyms for the word reserve

      • bank
      • bench warmer
      • book up
      • demureness
      • devote
      • fuel level
      • hold open
      • indian reservation
      • keep
      • keep open
      • pinch hitter
      • preserve
      • pulmonary reserve
      • reserve account
      • reserve fund
      • save

    Hypernyms for the word reserve

      • accumulation
      • administrative district
      • administrative division
      • allot
      • armed forces
      • armed services
      • assign
      • athlete
      • bespeak
      • book
      • call for
      • correctitude
      • hold
      • hold on
      • indefinite quantity
      • jock
      • keep
      • keep back
      • military
      • military machine
      • portion
      • properness
      • propriety
      • quest
      • request
      • reserve
      • territorial division
      • uncommunicativeness
      • war machine
      • withhold

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