keeping to oneself
Avoiding social contact
Keeping to oneself means staying apart from others, either physically or socially.
Someone who keeps to themselves avoids interaction, maintains privacy, or stays out of other people's business: She mostly kept to herself at the office.
It can also mean withholding information: He decided to keep his suspicions to himself.
- introversionInward-directed temperament
- lone wolfSelf-reliant individualist
- shynessTendency toward social timidity
- hushAbsence of sound
- solitudeState of being alone
personal space · silence · alienation · non-disclosure · poker face · privacy · behind closed doors · autonomy · guardedness · independence · stoicism · detachment · reservation · inner circle · discretion · reticence · seclusion · estrangement
keeping to oneselfsocializing
Engaging with others recreationally
mingling · joining in · working the room · reaching out · networking
keeping to oneselfwearing one's heart on one's sleeve
Displaying emotions openly
oversharing · spilling the beans · broadcasting · opening up · confiding
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