uncommunicative adj : not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions [syn: incommunicative] [ant: communicative]

English

Etymology

From un- + communicate + -ive.

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Tending not to communicate; not communicating.

   He asked and asked, but she remained silent and uncommunicative.

Translations

aloof, autistic, bashful, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, closemouthed, dark, deliberate, discreet, disinclined to communicate, dissociable, distant, evasive, gingerly, guarded, heedful, hesitant, incompatible, insociable, judicious, leaving out nothing, meaningless, mindful, mopey, mopish, morose, noncommittal, nongregarious, offish, on guard, overlooking no possibility, pawky, politic, prudent, regardful, reserved, reticent, safe, secret, secretive, self-contained, self-sufficient, shifty, slow to act, snug, socially incompatible, standoffish, sullen, taciturn, tentative, thorough, tight-lipped, unadventurous, unapproachable, unbending, unclubbable, uncompanionable, uncongenial, unconversable, undaring, unenterprising, unfriendly, ungenial, unprecipitate, unsociable, unsocial, withdrawn