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clammed up
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent, reserved |
| Synonyms: | buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops, hush-hush, on the Q. T., quiet, reticent, sedate, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, zipped one's lips |
| Antonyms: | chatty, open, talkative |
| Main Entry: | noncommittal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to decide |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, buttoned up, careful, cautious, circumspect, clammed up, constrained, discreet, equivocal, evasive, even-steven, guarded, hush-hush, incommunicable, indefinite, judicious, middle-ground, middle-of-the-road, neutral, on-the-fence, politic, reserved, restrained, tactful, temporizing, tentative, unrevealing, vague, wary, zipped |
| Antonyms: | committal, decisive, definite, judgemental, willing |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without or with little sound |
| Synonyms: | buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, could hear a pin drop, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low-pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo, peaceful, quiescent, quieted, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy |
| Main Entry: | reticent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secretive, quiet |
| Synonyms: | bashful, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, dried up, dummied up, hesitant, mum, reserved, restrained, shy, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, unspeaking, uptight* |
| Antonyms: | communicative, forward, unrestrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secretive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncommunicative |
| Synonyms: | backstairs, buttoned up, cagey, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hushed, in chambers, in privacy, in private, in the background, in the dark, on the QT, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, undercover, unforthcoming, withdrawn, zipped |
| Antonyms: | communicative, forthright, honest, open |
| Main Entry: | silent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet; speechless |
| Synonyms: | bashful, buttoned up, checked, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dumb, dummied up, faint, hush, hushed, iced, inarticulate, incoherent, inconversable, indistinct, inhibited, laconic, mousy, mum, mute, muted, noiseless, nonvocal, not talkative, reserved, restrained, reticent, shy, silentious, soundless, still, struck dumb, taciturn, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, unheard, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped |
| Antonyms: | clamorous, communicative, noisy, talkative |
| Main Entry: | speechless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without ability to talk |
| Synonyms: | aghast, amazed, aphonic, astounded, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, cool as cucumber, cool*, dazed, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstruck, inarticulate, mum, mute, not saying boo, reserved, shocked, silent, taciturn, thunderstruck, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unflappable, voiceless, wordless |
| Antonyms: | articulate, communicative, responsive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | still |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, motionless, quiet |
| Synonyms: | at rest, buttoned up, clammed up, close-mouthed, closed, deathlike, deathly, deathly quiet, deathly still, fixed, halcyon, hushed, hushful, inert, lifeless, noiseless, pacific, peaceful, placid, restful, sealed, serene, silent, smooth, soundless, stable, stagnant, static, stationary, stock-still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, whist |
| Antonyms: | agitated, moving, stirred, unquiet |
| Main Entry: | taciturn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncommunicative |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | communicative, fluent, talkative, wordy |
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