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uncommunicative
adjective
1 uncommunicative
Not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions.
synonym: incommunicative.
Roget 528:
concealed
etc.
v.;
hidden;
secret,
recondite,
mystic,
cabalistic,
occult,
dark;
cryptic,
cryptical†;
private,
privy,
in petto,
auricular,
clandestine,
close,
inviolate;
tortuous.
behind a screen
etc.
530;
undercover,
under an eclipse;
in ambush,
in hiding,
in disguise;
in a cloud,
in a fog,
in a mist,
in a haze,
in a dark corner;
in the shade,
in the dark;
clouded,
wrapped in clouds,
wrapt in clouds†;
invisible
etc.
447;
buried,
underground,
perdu [Fr.];
secluded
etc.
893.
undisclosed
etc.
529,
untold
etc.
527;
covert
etc.
(latent)
526;
untraceable;
mysterious
etc.
(unintelligible)
519.
irrevealable†,
inviolable;
confidential;
esoteric;
not to be spoken of;
unmentionable.
obreptitious†,
furtive,
stealthy,
feline;
skulking
etc.
v.;
surreptitious,
underhand,
hole and corner;
sly
etc.
(cunning)
702;
secretive,
evasive;
reserved,
reticent,
uncommunicative,
buttoned up;
close,
close as wax;
taciturn
etc.
585.
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Dutch: eenzelvig
Moby thesaurus: aloof, autistic, bashful, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, dark, deliberate, discreet, disinclined to communicate, dissociable, distant, evasive, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, incompatible, insociable, judicious, leaving out nothing, meaningless, mindful, mopey, mopish, morose, noncommittal, nongregarious, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, prudent, regardful, reserved, reticent, safe, secret, secretive, self-contained, self-sufficient, shifty, slow to act, snug, socially incompatible, standoffish, sullen, taciturn, tentative, thorough, tight-lipped, unadventurous, unapproachable, unbending, unclubbable, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unconversable, undaring, unenterprising, unfriendly, ungenial, unprecipitate, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn ... show more.
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