What does secretive mean?

secretive means "inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information".

How many syllables are in secretive?

secretive has 3 syllables: se-cre-tive. The stress falls on "se". In IPA it is /ˈsikɹətɪv/.

What is another word for secretive?

Close synonyms include close, closelipped, closemouthed, tightlipped. 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 secretive a common word?

secretive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Secretive — meaning, pronunciation and syllables

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information
“although they knew her whereabouts her friends kept close about it”
Synonymsclose closelipped closemouthed tightlipped
Similaruncommunicative

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What does secretive mean?: secretive means "inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information".

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