Uncommunicative

Antonyms for uncommunicative:

expansive, gossipy, anecdotical, yarn-spinning, leaky, unreserved, tattling, expressive, frank, gestural, signed, blabby, free-spoken, heraldic, talebearing, anecdotal, newsy, communicatory, nonverbal, mouthy, out front, verbal, gabby, anecdotic, communicational, communicable, gesticulating, motormouthed, narrative, outspoken, conversational, honest, blabbermouthed, talky, vocal, openhearted, communicative, candid, bantu-speaking, sign.

Synonyms for uncommunicative:

cautious (adjective)

discreet.

close (adjective)

closelipped.

concise (adjective)

laconic.

cool (adjective)

offish, undemonstrative.

dumb (adjective)

wordless.

expressionless (adjective)

blank.

silent (adjective)

quiet, mum.

taciturn (adjective)

uncommunicable, Incommunicable, incommunicative, tightlipped.

tightlipped (adjective)

close-mouthed.

unapproachable (adjective)

unapproachable.

unintelligible (adjective)

incoherent.

Sense 1

close-mouthed, uncommunicable, indifferent, offish.

Sense 2

aloof, Incommunicable, undemonstrative, withdrawn, unapproachable, standoffish.

Sense 4

chilly.

Sense 5

cool, chill, solitary.

austere

self-contained.

inarticulate

incoherent.

Sense 2 (noun)

uncommunicable, Incommunicable, close-mouthed.

reticent (noun)

quiet.

uncommunicative (noun)

guarded, closemouthed, blank, unutterable, tightlipped, closelipped, impassive, expressionless, unpronounceable, mum, deadpan, poker-faced, silent, inexpressive, unexpressive, close, secretive, incommunicado, incommunicative, unrevealing, noncommittal.

Usage examples for uncommunicative:

• You will excuse me if I'm uncommunicative, won't you? - "Youth and the Bright Medusa", Willa Cather.
• But Miss Thornton, delicately approached, had proved so ungracious and so uncommunicative, that Miss Murray had retired into herself, and attacked her work with unusual briskness. - "Saturday's Child", Kathleen Norris.
• The welcome extended him by the ex- captain was not unlike that of an uncommunicative whale; but there was something about him that made it evident that he was satisfied. - "Maximina", Armando Palacio Valdés.