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Synonyms for untalkative

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    unwilling to talk; taciturn; refusing to speak

Example sentences

  • reticent He is reticent and he never speaks unless spoken to.
  • laconic "The game's afoot" is Holmes's laconic call to action.
  • taciturn Mary's partner is a taciturn person.
  • unloquacious But to-night the elderly servitor was solemn and unloquacious beyond his custom.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
untalkativesteady
reticentrising
laconicsteady
taciturnrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
quiet2
7 letters
laconic3
8 letters
reticent3, taciturn3
12 letters
unloquacious, nontalkative

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (quiet2 = 2 syllables).