reticence

What does reticence mean?

reticence means "the trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary".

How many syllables are in reticence?

reticence has 3 syllables: ret-i-cence. The stress falls on "ret". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛtɪsəns/.

What is another word for reticence?

Close synonyms include reserve, taciturnity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reticence a common word?

reticence is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reticence come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.