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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Closemouthed \Close"mouthed'\, adjective Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
closemouthed
adjective: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: {close}, {closelipped}, {secretive}, {tightlipped}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "closemouthed": brief, brusque, close, close-lipped, close-tongued, concise, curt, dark, discreet, dumb, economical of words, evasive, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, quiet, reserved, reticent, secret, secretive, shifty, short, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, taciturn, terse, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unloquacious, untalkative, word-bound, wordless
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