tightlipped

Questions about tightlipped

What does tightlipped mean?

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

How many syllables are in tightlipped?

tightlipped has 2 syllables and divides as tight-lipped under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tightlipped?

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

tightlipped 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.