Taciturnity
111laconism — n 1. conciseness, brevity, terseness, succinctness, brachylogy; shortness, pithiness, pointedness, incisiveness; silence, taciturnity, reticence. 2. aphorism, gnome, apothegm, maxim, motto, catch phrase; mot, witticism, quip, epigram; saw, saying …
112moroseness — n sullenness, saturnineness, saturnity, morosity, somberness, soberness, austerity, severity, acerbity, taciturnity, silence; glumness, gloominess, grumness, grimness, bleakness, darkness, black looks; lugubriousness, atrabiliousness, morbidity,… …
113privacy — n 1. privateness, intimacy, intimateness, seclusion, solitude, retreat, retirement; isolation, aloneness, loneness, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness, ob scureness, obscurity; aloofness, apartness, separateness, separation; withdrawal,… …
114reserve — v 1. husband, hold, withhold, hold back, keep, keep back, conserve, save, save for future use, save for a rainy day; set aside, put aside, put away, lay away, lay by, lay up, stow away, squirrel away, salt away, Sl. sock away; store, stockpile,… …
115reticence — n reserve, taciturnity, quietness, silence, muteness, speechlessness; self containedness, stand offishness, uncommunicativeness, unconversableness, unsociability, unsociableness; diffidence, shyness, bashfulness; restraint, unobtrusiveness,… …
116secrecy — n concealment, hiding, coverture, burial; privacy, retirement, seclusion, sequestration, solitude, isolation; confidentiality, secretness; stealthiness, stealth, furtiveness, surreptitiousness, clandestineness, covertness; slyness, sneakiness,… …
117silence — n 1. stillness, still, hush; noiselessness, soundlessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, Chiefly Irish. whist, Sl. q.t.; peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, calm, calmness, placidity, serenity, tranquility, rest, repose. 2. muteness, Psychiatry.… …
118reserve — 1. verb 1) ask your newsagent to reserve you a copy Syn: put aside, set aside, keep (back), save, hold back, keep in reserve, earmark 2) he reserved a table Syn: book, order, arrange for …
119silence — 1. noun 1) the silence of the night Syn: quietness, quiet, still, stillness, hush, tranquillity, peace 2) her silence was answer enough Syn: failure to speak, dumbness, reticence …
120taciturn — UK [ˈtæsɪˌtɜː(r)n] / US [ˈtæsɪˌtɜrn] adjective someone who is taciturn does not speak often and does not say very much Derived word: taciturnity UK [ˌtæsɪˈtɜː(r)nətɪ] / US [ˌtæsɪˈtɜrnətɪ] noun uncountable …
