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[syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Closemouthed \Close"mouthed`\, a.
Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
closemouthed
adj 1: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging
information; "although they knew her whereabouts her
friends kept close about it" [syn: close,
closelipped, closemouthed, secretive,
tightlipped]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "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