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41 closer
1. n спорт. резко финиширующий бегун2. n четвертьСинонимический ряд:1. fuller (adj.) fuller; more exact; more faithful; more rigorous; stricter2. more familiar (adj.) chummier; friendlier; more confidential; more familiar; more intimate3. more immediate (adj.) more immediate; more near-at-hand; more nearby; more proximate; nearer; nigher4. more silent (adj.) dumber; more close-lipped; more closemouthed; more close-mouthed; more close-tongued; more inconversable; more reserved; more reticent; more shut-mouthed; more silent; more silentious; more speechless; more taciturn; more tight-lipped; more tight-mouthed; more uncommunicative; more wordless5. stingier (adj.) cheaper; meaner; more cheeseparing; more closefisted; more close-fisted; more costive; more hardfisted; more hardhanded; more ironfisted; more mingy; more miserly; more narrow-fisted; more narrowhearted; more niggard; more niggardly; more parsimonious; more penny-pinching; more penny-wise; more penurious; more pinching; more pinchpenny; more save-all; more scrimy; more tightfisted; more ungenerous; more ungiving; scrimpier; stingier6. stuffier (adj.) more airless; more breathless; more stifling; more stivy; more suffocating; stuffier; sultrier7. thicker (adj.) denser; more compact; more confining; more cramped; more crowded; more packed; narrower; thicker8. tighter (adj.) tauter; tenser; tighter -
42 closest
Синонимический ряд:1. fullest (adj.) fullest; most exact; most faithful; most rigorous; strictest2. most familiar (adj.) chummiest; friendliest; most confidential; most familiar; most intimate3. most immediate (adj.) most immediate; most near-at-hand; most nearby; most proximate; nearest; nighest4. most silent (adj.) dumbest; most close-lipped; most closemouthed; most close-mouthed; most close-tongued; most inconversable; most reserved; most reticent; most shut-mouthed; most silent; most silentious; most speechless; most taciturn; most tight-lipped; most tight-mouthed; most uncommunicative; most wordless5. stingiest (adj.) cheapest; meanest; most cheeseparing; most closefisted; most close-fisted; most costive; most hardfisted; most hardhanded; most ironfisted; most mingy; most miserly; most narrow-fisted; most narrowhearted; most niggard; most niggardly; most parsimonious; most penny-pinching; most penny-wise; most penurious; most pinching; most pinchpenny; most save-all; most scrimy; most tightfisted; most ungenerous; most ungiving; scrimpiest; stingiest6. stuffiest (adj.) most airless; most breathless; most stifling; most stivy; most suffocating; stuffiest; sultriest7. thickest (adj.) densest; most compact; most confining; most cramped; most crowded; most packed; narrowest; thickest8. tightest (adj.) tautest; tensest; tightest -
43 reserved
1. a запасный, запасной; резервный2. a заказанный заранее3. a скрытный4. a сдержанный, замкнутыйСинонимический ряд:1. antisocial (adj.) antisocial; eremitic; misanthropic; reclusive; solitary; standoffish2. booked (adj.) appropriated; arrogated; booked; engaged; held; pre-empted3. limited (adj.) limited; modified; qualified; restricted4. restrained (adj.) constrained; controlled; incommunicable; inhibited; noncommittal; restrained; self-controllednon-committal; undemonstrative5. saved (adj.) conserved; funded; preserved; saved; withheld6. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; closemouthed; close-mouthed; close-tongued; dumb; inconversable; reticent; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; speechless; taciturn; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; uncommunicative; wordless7. unsociable (adj.) aloof; chilly; cool; distant; frosty; insociable; offish; remote; shut-in; standoff; stand-offish; touch-me-not-ish; unapproachable; unbending; uncompanionable; unsociable; withdrawn8. booked (verb) bespoke; bespoke/bespoken; booked; engaged; pre-empted; reserved9. kept (verb) detained; held; held back; hold back; keep back; kept; kept back; kept out; retained; withheld -
44 reticent
1. a молчаливый; скрытный2. a сдержанныйСинонимический ряд:1. bashful (adj.) bashful; coy; demure; humble; retiring; timid2. cool (adj.) aloof; chilly; cool; distant; frosty; remote; solitary; stand-offish; unapproachable; undemonstrative; withdrawn3. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; closemouthed; close-mouthed; close-tongued; dumb; hesitant; inconversable; quiet; reserved; restrained; shut-mouthed; shy; silent; silentious; speechless; subdued; taciturn; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; uncommunicative; wordlessАнтонимический ряд: -
45 taciturn
a молчаливый; неразговорчивыйСинонимический ряд:1. aloof (adj.) aloof; closemouthed; laconic; quiet; sententious; shy2. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; close-mouthed; close-tongued; dumb; inconversable; reserved; reticent; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; speechless; tacit; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; uncommunicative; unsaid; voiceless; wordlessАнтонимический ряд:garrulous; loquacious; talkative; wordy -
46 dumb
1. a немойdumb terminal — «немой», неинтеллигентный терминал
2. a онемевший, немой3. a бессловесныйdumb animals — бессловесные животные ;
4. a молчаливый, неразговорчивый5. a безмолвный, немой; хранящий молчание6. a совершающийся или сделанный в молчанииdumb show — немая сцена; пантомима
7. a неслышный, тихий, приглушённый8. a поэт. тихий; сонный, спящий, дремотный9. a лишённый основного качества10. a беззвучный, незвучащий11. a амер. разг. глупый, тупойto play dumb — разыгрывать дурачка лишённый смысла, бессмысленный
12. a мед. латентный, скрытый; перемежающийся13. a стр. глухой14. a собир. немые15. v редк. заставить замолчать; лишить дара речиСинонимический ряд:1. mute (adj.) inarticulate; mum; mute; speechless; tight-lipped; tongue-tied; unarticulate; unarticulated; voiceless; wordless2. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; closemouthed; close-tongued; inconversable; reserved; reticent; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; taciturn; tight-mouthed; uncommunicative3. stupid (adj.) beefheaded; beef-witted; beetleheaded; blear-eyed; blear-witted; blockheaded; blockish; chuckleheaded; dense; doltish; dull; dull-witted; duncical; fatheaded; feeble-witted; goosey; hammerheaded; moronic; numskulled; pinhead; pinheaded; stupid; thick; thickheaded; thick-wittedАнтонимический ряд:intelligent; vocal -
47 speechless
1. a немой2. a безмолвный, безгласный, молчаливый3. a лишившийся дара речи, онемевший4. a разг. невыразимыйСинонимический ряд:1. dumbfounded (adj.) aphonic; dumb; dumbfounded; dumbstruck; dumfounded; inarticulate; mum; mute; shocked; tongue-tied; unarticulate; voiceless; wordless2. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; closemouthed; close-tongued; inconversable; reserved; reticent; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; taciturn; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; uncommunicativeАнтонимический ряд: -
48 wordless
1. a молчаливый; бессловесный2. a не выразимый словами; не поддающийся выражению, описанию3. a театр. немой, без словСинонимический ряд:1. silent (adj.) close; close-lipped; closemouthed; close-tongued; dumb; inconversable; mum; mute; not good with words; not talkative; reserved; reticent; shut-mouthed; silent; silentious; speechless; taciturn; tight-lipped; tight-mouthed; tongue-tied; uncommunicative2. tacit (adj.) implicit; implied; inarticulate; inferred; tacit; undeclared; understood; unexpressed; unsaid; unspoken; unuttered; unvoiced -
49 taciturno
adj.1 morose, dour, glum, moody.2 taciturn, close-lipped, tight-lipped, silent.* * *► adjetivo1 (callado) taciturn, silent2 (triste) sad, melancholy* * *ADJ (=callado) taciturn, silent; (=malhumorado) sullen, moody; (=triste) glum* * *- na adjetivoa) [SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn, uncommunicativeb) [ESTAR] ( triste) glum, gloomy* * *= morose, moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], hipped, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.].Ex. His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.Ex. Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.Ex. His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.Ex. They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.* * *- na adjetivoa) [SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn, uncommunicativeb) [ESTAR] ( triste) glum, gloomy* * *= morose, moody [moodier -comp., moodiest -sup.], hipped, mardy [mardier -comp., mardiest -sup.].Ex: His limber writing consequentializes the inconsequential, and there is not one morose moment in his work, no hint of sourness.
Ex: Moody explorations of unexplained phenomenon can also be found = También se pueden encontrar exploraciones taciturnas de fenómenos inexplicables.Ex: His in danger of becoming hipped, a prey to his own doubts and fears, and unable to accomplish anything in life beyond catering to his own morbid fancies.Ex: They were be very mardy about it, but they accepted it, because if they hadn't their course grade would have suffered.* * *taciturno -na1 [ SER] (callado, silencioso) taciturn ( frml), uncommunicative2 [ ESTAR] (triste) glum, gloomyse hundió en un silencio taciturno he sank into a gloomy silence* * *
taciturno◊ -na adjetivo
taciturno,-a adjetivo
1 (melancólico, triste) gloom, gloomy
2 (silencioso, reservado) silent, uncommunicative, taciturn
' taciturno' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
seria
- serio
- taciturna
English:
moody
- morose
- taciturn
* * *taciturno, -a adj[persona] silent, taciturn; [carácter, actitud] gloomy* * *adj taciturn* * *taciturno, -na adj1) : taciturn2) : sullen, gloomy -
50 ağzı sıkı
adj. tight lipped, close lipped, discreet, secretive, cagey, incommunicative, inexpressive, reserved, reticent* * *closemouthed -
51 замкнутый
closed имя прилагательное:withdrawn (замкнутый, ушедший в себя)cliquey (замкнутый, имеющий характер клики)cliquish (замкнутый, характерный для клики)antisocial (антисоциальный, антиобщественный, противообщественный, недружелюбный, необщительный, замкнутый)close-mouthed (замкнутый, молчаливый)self-contained (замкнутый, необщительный, выдержанный, хорошо владеющий собой, отдельный, самостоятельный) -
52 unpronounced
a не произносимый; немойСинонимический ряд:speechless (adj.) close-lipped; close-mouthed; close-tongued; reserved; silent; speechless; tacit; taciturn; unsounded -
53 unsounded
1. a непрозвучавший2. a непроизносимый3. a мед. невыслушанный4. a неисследованный; непрозондированный; неизмеренныйСинонимический ряд:speechless (adj.) close-lipped; close-mouthed; close-tongued; reserved; silent; speechless; tacit; taciturn; unpronounced -
54 reservado
adj.1 private, confidential.2 reserved, pre-selected, preselected.3 reserved, discreet, close-lipped, closemouthed.m.reserved place.past part.past participle of spanish verb: reservar.* * *1 (en local) private room; (en tren) reserved compartment————————1→ link=reservar reservar► adjetivo1 (plazas) booked, reserved2 (persona) reserved, discreet3 (asunto) confidential1 (en local) private room; (en tren) reserved compartment* * *(f. - reservada)adj.* * *1. ADJ1) [actitud, persona] (=poco comunicativo) reserved; (=discreto) discreet2) (=confidencial) [asunto, documento] confidentialestos documentos son materia reservada — these documents are confidential, these documents contain confidential material
2. SM1) (=habitación aparte) [en restaurante] private room; [en tren] reserved compartment2) Cono Sur (=vino) vintage wine* * *I II1) (en restaurante, bar) private room; ( en tren) reserved compartment2) (CS) ( vino) vintage wine* * *= on hold, reserved, retiring, confidential, subdued, uncommunicative, secretive.Ex. The librarian may also review the borrower status to see what documents he has on loan and on hold.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex. Who would want to here the the ramblings of a retiring past president?.Ex. There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex. He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.Ex. There is a tendency to be secretive about information, more prevalent in the UK and USA than in Japan, which is inimical to success.----* cola de documentos reservados y disponibles = held-document-available queue.* documento reservado = held document.* espacio reservado para el estudio = study space.* reservados todos los derechos = all rights reserved.* tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* tener una alternativa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* tener una sorpresa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* todos los derechos reservados = all rights reserved.* * *I II1) (en restaurante, bar) private room; ( en tren) reserved compartment2) (CS) ( vino) vintage wine* * *reservado22 = reserved.Ex: Windows can place regular files in these reserved areas when the rest of the disk is full.
* asiento reservado = reserved seat.* campo reservado = reserved field.* libro reservado = reserved book.= on hold, reserved, retiring, confidential, subdued, uncommunicative, secretive.Ex: The librarian may also review the borrower status to see what documents he has on loan and on hold.
Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex: Who would want to here the the ramblings of a retiring past president?.Ex: There is also a large amount of information that is kept secret: not merely cloak-and-dagger state secrets, but vast quantities of confidential technical and commercial data.Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex: He was standing in front of me, small, lithe, myopic, shy, uncommunicative, vulnerable.Ex: There is a tendency to be secretive about information, more prevalent in the UK and USA than in Japan, which is inimical to success.* cola de documentos reservados y disponibles = held-document-available queue.* documento reservado = held document.* espacio reservado para el estudio = study space.* reservados todos los derechos = all rights reserved.* tener algo reservado = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* tener una alternativa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* tener una sorpresa reservada = have + something up + Posesivo + sleeve.* todos los derechos reservados = all rights reserved.* * *A ‹persona/actitud› reservedB ‹asunto/tema› confidentialun documento de carácter reservado a confidential documentA1 (en un restaurante, bar) private room2 (en un tren) reserved compartmentB (CS) (vino) vintage wine* * *
Del verbo reservar: ( conjugate reservar)
reservado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
reservado
reservar
reservado◊ -da adjetivo ‹persona/actitud› reserved;
‹asunto/tema› confidential;
ver tb◊ reservar
reservar ( conjugate reservar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹asiento/habitación/mesa› to reserve, book;
‹pasaje/billete› to book
2 ( guardar) ‹porción de comida/dinero› to set aside;
reservó lo mejor para el final she kept the best till last
reservarse verbo pronominal
reservado,-a
I adjetivo
1 (información, etc) confidential
2 (callado, discreto) reserved
II sustantivo masculino private room
reservar verbo transitivo
1 (algo para más tarde) to keep back
(guardar para alguien) to keep (aside): le reservamos una sorpresa, we have a surprise in store for him
2 (en un hotel, restaurante, etc) to book, reserve: hemos reservado una mesa para cuatro (personas), we reserved a table for four
' reservado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
admisión
- cámara
- íntima
- íntimo
- privada
- privado
- reservar
- reservada
- sanctasanctórum
- taciturna
- taciturno
- reticente
English:
antisocial
- bay
- cagey
- close
- distant
- private
- quiet
- remote
- reserved
- secretive
- shy
- uncommunicative
- unreserved
- book
- reserve
- top
* * *reservado, -a♦ adj1. [mesa, plaza] reserved2. [tema, asunto] confidential3. [persona] reserved♦ nm[en restaurante] private room; [en tren] reserved compartment* * *I adj reservedII m private room* * *reservado, -da adj1) : reserved, reticent2) : confidential* * *reservado adj reserved -
55 необщителен
unsociable, anti-social, uncommunicative, incommunicative, uncompanionable unneighbourly; reticentразг. offish(сдържан) self-contained, reservedнеобщителен човек разг. clamнеобщителен съм keep o.s. to o.s* * *необщѝтелен,прил., -на, -но, -ни unsociable, anti-social, uncommunicative, incommunicative, uncompanionable; unneighbourly; reticent; taciturn; close-mouthed, close-lipped; разг. offish; ( сдържан) self-contained, reserved; \необщителенен съм keep o.s. to o.s.; \необщителенен човек разг. clam.* * *antisocial; dissociable; farouche{fqxrouS}; incommunicative; unconversable{`Xnkxn`vx;sxbl}; unneighbourly; unsociable* * *1. (сдържан) self-contained, reserved 2. unsociable, anti-social, uncommunicative, incommunicative, uncompanionable unneighbourly;reticent 3. НЕОБЩИТЕЛЕН съм keep o.s. to o.s 4. НЕОБЩИТЕЛЕН човек разг. clam 5. разг. offish -
56 gojëmbyllur
I.close-lippedII.close-mouthed -
57 поджатые губы
General subject: pursy mouth, close-lipped mouth -
58 sammenkneben
adj:[ med sammenknebne læber] close-lipped; tightlipped;[ med sammenknebne øjne] with one's eyes screwed up. -
59 callado
adj.1 quiet, tranquil, silent, close-lipped.Ella es muy callada She is very quiet2 soft, hushed, soft-sounding.3 unsaid.past part.past participle of spanish verb: callar.* * *1→ link=callar callar► adjetivo1 (silencioso) silent, quiet2 (reservado) reserved, quiet\más callado,-a que un muerto familiar as quiet as a mousetener algo callado to keep something quiet■ ¡eso lo tenías bien callado! you really kept that one quiet!* * *(f. - callada)adj.quiet, silent* * *ADJ1) [carácter] quiet, reserved2) (=silencioso) quiettener algo callado — to keep quiet about sth, keep sth secret
¡qué callado te lo tenías! — you kept pretty quiet about it!
pagar para tener callado a algn — to pay to keep sb quiet, pay for sb's silence
* * *- da adjetivo [estar] quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión — he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meeting
para callado — (Chi fam) < contar> in secret
tener algo callado or calladito — to keep something quiet
* * *= muted, subdued, quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], reserved.Ex. In more muted fashion the universities have displayed a similar interest.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex. Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex. Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.----* estar callado = keep + quiet.* mantenerse callado = keep + quiet.* * *- da adjetivo [estar] quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión — he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meeting
para callado — (Chi fam) < contar> in secret
tener algo callado or calladito — to keep something quiet
* * *= muted, subdued, quiet [quieter -comp., quietest -sup.], reserved.Ex: In more muted fashion the universities have displayed a similar interest.
Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.Ex: Properly read, live literature -- even the quietest or most light-hearted -- may be disturbing, may subvert our view of life.Ex: Male librarians believed the public's image of themselves to be more submissive, meek, nervous, effeminate, reserved, following, subdued and less approachable, athletic, and attractive than the undergraduate sample actually saw them.* estar callado = keep + quiet.* mantenerse callado = keep + quiet.* * *callado -daA [ ESTAR] (silencioso) quietestuvo callado durante toda la reunión he didn't say a thing o he kept quiet throughout the whole meetingsiéntate aquí y estáte calladito sit here and keep quietlo escucharon callados y atentos they listened to him quietly and attentivelyque sea para callado keep it a secret, keep it quiettenerse algo callado or calladito to keep sth quiet¡qué calladito te lo tenías! you kept it very quiet!B [ ESTAR] (reservado) quiet* * *
Del verbo callar: ( conjugate callar)
callado es:
el participio
Multiple Entries:
callado
callar
callado◊ -da adjetivo
lo escucharon callados they listened to him quietly
callar ( conjugate callar) verbo intransitivo
to be quiet, shut up (colloq);
hacer callado a la oposición to silence the opposition
verbo transitivoa) ‹secreto/información› to keep … quiet
callarse verbo pronominal
cuando entró todos se calladoon when he walked in everyone went quiet o stopped talking;
la próxima vez no me calladoé next time I'll say something
callado,-a adjetivo quiet: es un tipo serio y callado, he's the quiet silent type
♦ Locuciones: se lo tiene muy callado, she's keeping that quiet
callar
I verbo intransitivo
1 (parar de hablar) to stop talking: calla un momento, ¿qué ruido es ése?, be quiet, what's that noise?
2 (no decir nada) to keep quiet, say nothing: tus ojos asienten y tu boca calla, your eyes say it all
II verbo transitivo (dejar de dar una noticia) not to mention o to keep to oneself: desconfía de sus palabras, callarán la verdad, you can't trust what they're saying, they are going to hush up the truth
♦ Locuciones: ¡calla!, (para indicar sorpresa) never!: ¡calla, no me digas que se casó!, did she really marry?
hacer callar, (hacer que alguien pare de hablar) to get someone to be quiet
(silenciar) to silence: ¡no podrán hacernos callar! they can't make us keep our mouths shut
quien calla otorga, silence speaks volumes
' callado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
callada
- enmudecer
- especialmente
- reservada
- reservado
- preferible
- ser
- taciturno
English:
fall
- quiet
- silent
- subdued
* * *callado, -a adjestar callado to be quiet o silent;¿quieres estar callado, por favor? would you please be o keep quiet!;ser callado to be quiet o reserved;tener algo callado to keep sth quiet o a secret;¡qué callado lo tenías! you certainly kept that quiet o a secret!* * *adj quiet* * *callado, -da adj: quiet, silent♦ calladamente adv* * *callado adj quiet -
60 сдержанный
discreet имя прилагательное:refrained (сдержанный, удержанный)close-lipped (сдержанный, замкнутый)
См. также в других словарях:
close-lipped — close, closemouthed, uncommunicative, taciturn, reserved, reticent, secretive, *silent, tight lipped Antonyms: & Contrasted words: see those at CLOSE adj 3 … New Dictionary of Synonyms
close lipped — A person who is reluctant to talk about a specific subject is close lipped … The small dictionary of idiomes
close-lipped — index mute Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
close-lipped — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : tight lipped close lipped and silent about the misadventure Synonyms: see silent * * * /klohs lipt /, adj. not talking or telling much. * * * close lippedˈ or close mouthedˈ adjective Reticent, saying lit … Useful english dictionary
close-lipped — /klohs lipt /, adj. not talking or telling much. * * * … Universalium
close-lipped — /ˈkloʊs lɪpt/ (say klohs lipt) adjective not talking or revealing much …
close — vb 1 Close, shut are very close synonyms in the sense of to stop or fill in an opening by means of a closure (as a door, a gate, a lid, or a cover) and are often used interchangeably. However, they may have distinctive nuances of meaning and… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
close — [adj1] near, nearby abutting, across the street, adjacent, adjoining, approaching, around the corner, at hand, contiguous, convenient, give or take a little*, handy, hard by, immediate, imminent, impending, in spitting distance*, in the ball… … New thesaurus
close-mouthed — close lippedˈ or close mouthedˈ adjective Reticent, saying little • • • Main Entry: ↑close * * * close mouthed UK [ˌkləʊs ˈmaʊθd] US [ˌkloʊsˈmaʊθd] adjective not saying anything about a subject because you want to keep it secret Thesaurus: secret … Useful english dictionary
close — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, Spartan, US highway, abandonment, abbreviated, abort, about, about to be, abridged, abstruse, accented, accommodate, accost, accurate, adjacent, adjust, advance, agree, airless, airtight, alert, all but,… … Moby Thesaurus
tight-lipped — *silent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close, close lipped, closemouthed, reticent, reserved, secretive … New Dictionary of Synonyms