incommunicative
21incommunicativeness — noun The state or condition of being incommunicative …
22mute — I adjective close lipped, closemouthed, dumb, hushed, inarticulate, incapable of speech, incommunicative, indisposed to talk, mutus, noiseless, pauciloquent, quiescent, quiet, refraining from utterance, reserved, reticent, silent, soundless,… …
23inarticulate — I adjective close, guarded, inaudible, incommunicative, incomprehensible, inconversable, indistinct, indistinguishable, laconic, monosyllabic, mute, parum distinctus, reserved, reticent, silent, sparing of words, taciturn, tongue tied, unclear,… …
24noncommittal — I adjective careful, cautious, changeable, close, discreet, evasive, faltering, guarded, hedging, heedful, hesitant, hesitating, incommunicative, inconstant, indecisive, infirm of purpose, irresolute, irresolved, laconic, lukewarm, mutable,… …
25close — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. compact, dense, firm; stifling, oppressive, muggy, stale, stuffy; stingy, tight fisted, niggardly; taut; confining, constrictive; near, intimate; secretive, reticent, reserved; approximate. See… …
26reserved — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. undemonstrative, diffident, distant, reticent; set aside. See modesty, silence, store. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Held on reservation] Syn. appropriated, preempted, claimed, private, booked, engaged …
27uncommunicative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. taciturn, reticent; secretive. See taciturnity, secret. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. reticent, silent, evasive; see quiet 2 , reserved 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. closemouthed, *tight… …
28incommunicable — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. not contagious, not catching, retained, kept in, inexpressible, unutterable. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not speaking freely or openly: close, close mouthed, incommunicative, reserved, reticent, silent,… …
29reticent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. reserved, uncommunicative, hesitant, quiet; see quiet 2 , reserved 3 , taciturn . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [RET i sunt] reserved, quiet, restrained. He tended to be reticent and barely spoke… …
30silent — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without noise] Syn. still, hushed, soundless; see calm 2 , quiet 2 . 2. [Without speech] Syn. reserved, mute, speechless; see dumb 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. quiet still, peaceful, hushed, noiseless,… …
