taciturnity

What does taciturnity mean?

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

How many syllables are in taciturnity?

taciturnity has 5 syllables: ta-ci-tur-ni-ty. The stress falls on "tur".

What is another word for taciturnity?

Close synonyms include reserve, reticence. 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 taciturnity a common word?

taciturnity is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. 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 taciturnity come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.