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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

taciturn and cautious in speaking;

e.g. People are being very closemouthed and cautious about this latest scandal: nobody was saying anything to anybody.

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Similar Words

Dark

Laconic

Point-blank

Reserved

Reticent

Secretive

Self-contained

Silent

Taciturn

Tight-lipped

Tongue-tied

Uncommunicative

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Opposite Words

Blunt

Candid

Chatty

Communicative

Diffuse

Extroverted

Frank

Free-spoken

Gabby

Garrulous

Gossipy

Gregarious

Honest

Long-winded

Loquacious

Mouthy

Open

Out-front

Outgoing

Outspoken

Prolix

Rambling

Sociable

Tactless

Talkative

Talky

Unreserved

Up-front

Verbose

Vocal

Voluble

Wordy

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Related Words

Abrupt

Aloof

Backward

Bashful

Bluff

Blunt

Brusque

Clandestine

Covert

Coy

Crusty

Curt

Demure

Diffident

Discreet

Downright

Furtive

Inarticulate

Indrawn

Introverted

Modest

Mute

Prudent

Quiet

Reserved

Restrained

Retiring

Secret

Sedate

Self-contained

Self-effacing

Shady

Sheepish

Shifty

Short

Silent

Slippery

Sly

Slyly

Sneak

Sneaking

Sneaky

Snippy

Sober

Speechless

Staid

Stealthy

Surreptitious

Taciturn

Tight-lipped

Unceremonious

Undercover

Underhand

Underhanded

Voiceless

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