Synonyms for "untalkative" (32 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (7)

taciturnbriefbrusquecloseclose-tonguedclosemouthedconcise

Strong matches (9)

curtdumbeconomical of wordsindisposed to talklaconicmummutenontalkative

Adjective(1 words)

nontalkative

Related words (16)

quietshortsilentsnugsparing of wordsspeechlesstersetight lippedtight-lippedtongue tiedtongue-tiedunloquaciousword-boundwordless

Adjective(1 words)

reserved

Adjective(1 words)

reticent

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Antonyms

1 entries

talkative

derived from

1 entries

talkative

related to

3 entries

speaktaciturntalk

similar

2 entries

taciturn

Translations

6 translations across 5 languages.

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Finnish

2 entries

• jörö adj (unwilling to talk)
• vaisu adj (unwilling to talk)

Greek

1 entries

• λακωνικός adj (unwilling to talk)

Latin

1 entries

• taciturnus adj (unwilling to talk)

Macedonian

1 entries

• неразговорлив adj (unwilling to talk)

Polish

1 entries

• małomówny adj (unwilling to talk)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ziri is an untalkative kid.

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