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closemouthed
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective closemouthed has 1 sense
- closemouthed(s = adj.all) close, closelipped, secretive, tightlipped - inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it"
CIDE DICTIONARY
closemouthed, a.
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
closemouthed
brief, brusque, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, concise, curt, dark, discreet, dumb, economical of words, evasive, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, secret, secretive, shifty, short, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless
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