TACITURN Synonyms

• marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint

• unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic

• heedful of potential consequences

• given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

• of China

• informal terms for a mother

• secrecy

• failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party

• marked by self-restraint and reticence

• inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

• marked by absence of sound

• failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

• implied by or inferred from actions or statements

• not made to sound

• having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility

• unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

• expressed without speech

• marked by absence of sound

• not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions

• not responding to some influence or stimulus

• aloof or indifferent

• not susceptible to suggestion or influence

• not inclined to society or companionship

• withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

• tending to reserve or introspection

• Not forthcoming; laconic or uncooperative

• temperamentally disinclined to talk