untalkative

1. 1.

   temperamentally disinclined to talk

   Synonymsreticent

   Similartaciturn

Questions about untalkative

What does untalkative mean?

untalkative means "temperamentally disinclined to talk".

How many syllables are in untalkative?

untalkative has 4 syllables and divides as un-tal-ka-tive 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 untalkative?

Close synonyms include reticent. 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.