Thesaurus: incommunicative

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1. a. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive.
2. adj. not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
3. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive. The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. C. Buchanan. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness, n. Lamb. His usual incommunicativeness. G. Eliot.
4. Not communicative; not free or apt to impart to others inconversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger wasincommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship orintercourse with others; exclusive.The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. C. Buchanan.-- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly, adv.-- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness, n. Lamb.His usual incommunicativeness. G. Eliot.
5. a not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions