Closemouthed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Closemouthed \Close"mouthed`\, a.
     Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  closemouthed
       adj : inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging
             information; "although they knew her whereabouts her
             friends kept close about it" [syn: {close}, {closelipped},
              {secretive}, {tightlipped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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