» taciturn
Adjective (1 meaning)
1. habitually reserved and uncommunicative.
taciturn is the opposite of:
- voluble (adjective) - marked by a ready flow of speech
Derivationally related form:
- reserve, reticence, taciturnity (noun) - the trait of being uncommunicative
see also:
- concise (adjective) - expressing much in few words
- uncommunicative, incommunicative (adjective) - not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
taciturn is similar to:
- buttoned-up (adjective) - (British colloquial) not inclined to conversation
- reticent, untalkative (adjective) - temperamentally disinclined to talk