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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1881 cautious in speaking ; uncommunicative; also secretive

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Closemouthed Close"mouthed`, a. Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Moby Thesaurus

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