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close mouthed
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close-mouthed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tightlipped |
| Synonyms: | incommunicable, incommunicative, quiet, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, taciturn, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, untalkative |
| 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: | reserved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent, unsociable; constrained |
| Synonyms: | aloof, backward, bashful, cautious, ceremonious, close, close-mouthed, cold*, collected, composed, conventional, cool, demure, diffident, distant, eremitic, formal, frigid, gentle, icy*, mild, misanthropic, modest, noncommittal, offish, peaceful, placid, prim, quiet, reclusive, restrained, reticent, retiring, secretive, sedate, self-contained, serene, shy, soft-spoken, solitary, standoffish, taciturn, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, undemonstrative, unresponsive, withdrawn |
| Antonyms: | extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | soft-spoken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quiet |
| Synonyms: | close-mouthed, gentle, hushed, hushful, low, low-keyed, low-pitched, mild, muffled, peaceful, reserved, silent, soft, still |
| 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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