Thesaurus:taciturn

Thesaurus

taciturn

English

Adjective

Sense: disinclined to speak

Synonyms

• taciturn
• reticent
• unloquacious
• untalkative
• quiet    [⇒ thesaurus]
• reserved
• silent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• silentious

Antonyms

• talkative    [⇒ thesaurus]
• verbose    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• incommunicado
• tight-lipped
• discreet
• secretive

See also

• Thesaurus:concise
• Thesaurus:stern

Further reading

• “585. taciturnity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “taciturn” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.