English Synonym Finder

tight-lipped

Definitions

Reluctant to speak or give information; reticent.

Keeping one's thoughts or secrets to oneself.

Examples

The witness remained tight-lipped throughout the entire police interrogation.

Management has been tight-lipped about the company's upcoming merger plans.

Synonyms

reticent taciturn reserved secretive close-mouthed uncommunicative laconic

Antonyms

talkative loquacious garrulous chatty voluble communicative forthright