closemouthed

3 definitions found

closemouthed - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

closemouthed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

closemouthed - 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