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close mouthed
adjective as in introverted
Strongest matches
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in reserved
Strongest matches
adjective as in reticent
adjective as in secretive
adjective as in soft-spoken
adjective as in speechless
adjective as in still
adjective as in taciturn
adjective as in uncommunicative
adjective as in close-mouthed
adjective as in incommunicable
adjective as in incommunicative
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- 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
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in self-controlled
Weak matches
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- prim
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-restrained
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
adjective as in self-restrained
Weak matches
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- prim
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
adjective as in tightlipped
adjective as in uncommunicable
adjective as in tightlipped
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Example Sentences
And maybe it will become easier for the next generation of fellow close-mouthed colleagues to find their voices.
Seeing what friends we have been, I ain't taking it very kindly because you have been so mighty close-mouthed.
I'm a close-mouthed woman, and know how to hold my tongue, which there ain't many females can say the same.
I can tell you no more than I have said already; for it is our duty to be close-mouthed, whether anything depends on it or not.
Having lived with him for eleven years, she had become somewhat close-mouthed like himself.
I was hurt at this, because every body knows how close mouthed I am.
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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to close-mouthed, such as: incommunicable, incommunicative, quiet, reserved, reticent, and secretive.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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