Nearby Words
un-forthcoming
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, reserved |
| Synonyms: | buttoning one's lip, buttoning up, clamming up, close-lipped, closemouthed, hidden, hush-hush, mum's the word, on the Q. T., private, reticent, retired, secluded, secretive, silent, taciturn, tight chops, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unforthcoming, zipping one's lips |
| Antonyms: | open, unreserved |
| 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the background, in the dark, on the QT, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, undercover, unforthcoming, withdrawn, zipped |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: | 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mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |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 |
| Main Entry: | unsociable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfriendly |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antagonistic, brooding, cold, cool, distant, easy-going, hostile, inaccessible, inhospitable, introverted, laid-back*, nongregarious, recessive, reclusive, reserved, retiring, secretive, sensitive, shy, standoffish, stuck-up, timid, unapproachable, unbending, uncommunicative, uncongenial, unforthcoming, unneighborly, unsocial, uppity, withdrawn |
| Notes: | to be antisocial is to be hostile to or disruptive of the established social order, marked by or engaging in behavior that violates accepted mores; while being unsociable means one is not disposed to seek the company of others or is reserved |
| Antonyms: | approachable, friendly, nice, sociable, social |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | withdrawn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsociable |
| Synonyms: | aloof, aseptic, casual, cool, detached, disinterested, distant, incurious, indifferent, introverted, nongregarious, offish, quiet, recluse, reclusive, remote, reserved, restrained, retired, retiring, retreated, shrinking, shy, silent, solitary, standoffish, taciturn, timorous, uncommunicative, uncompanionable, unconcerned, uncurious, undemonstrative, unforthcoming, uninterested |
| Antonyms: | extroverted, friendly, outgoing, sociable |
| Main Entry: | incommunicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taciturn |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, incommunicative, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | incommunicative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taciturn |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, incommunicable, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, tightlipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | tightlipped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taciturn |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold*, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, incommunicable, incommunicative, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, uncommunicable, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncommunicable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taciturn |
| Synonyms: | aloof, antisocial, brooding, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, cold*, curt, distant, dour, dried-up, dumb, incommunicable, incommunicative, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, silent, sparing, speechless, tight-lipped, tightlipped, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unforthcoming, withdrawn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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