close (s)
closelipped (s)
closemouthed (s)
secretive (s)
tightlipped (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
examples although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it
Outgoing links
Similar to uncommunicative, incommunicative
Derivationally related form secretive → secretiveness; secretive → secretiveness
Derivationally related form secretive → secrete
Derivationally related form close → closeness
Incoming links
Similar to uncommunicative, incommunicative
Derived from adjective secretively → secretive
Derivationally related form secretiveness → secretive; secretiveness → secretive
Derivationally related form closeness → close
Derivationally related form secrete → secretive

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