secretive

see definition of secretive

adjuncommunicative

Synonyms for secretive

adj uncommunicative

Antonyms for secretive

close

adjective. secret, reserved

close-mouthed

adjective. tightlipped

closer

adjective. secret, reserved

closest

adjective. secret, reserved

Word Origin & History

"inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.

Example Sentences forsecretive

He was not a reserved man, but a secretive, which is quite a different thing.

It was, he supposed, a woman's way to be secretive in such matters, and he must not blame her.

The soul of hospitality leaped from his face, stern and secretive though it was.

His opponent, still with his secretive smile, took up the caster.

"I think I inherited most of his secretive qualities," Shirley continued.

She has a taste for mystery and intrigue, but she is not secretive, she has too much vanity.

He is, I understand, of a very retiring and secretive disposition.

Evidently the passenger was of an economical as well as of a secretive disposition.

He could not help but wonder what the business was, and why Dave was so secretive about it.

You're a secretive animal, Dickie, and you consume your own smoke, don't you?

secretive

Synonyms for secretive

Antonyms for secretive

More words related to secretive

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close

close-mouthed

closer

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