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: un-tal-ka-tive. The stress falls on "tal".

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.

Is untalkative a common word?

untalkative 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.