uncommunicative

/ˌʌnkəmˈjunəkətɪv/

Other forms: uncommunicatively

Hello? Is anyone reading this? Please respond. Well, it seems that you’re uncommunicative, and you’re not willing to talk for whatever reason. How lonely.

Someone who is uncommunicative has trouble communicating. Maybe they’re tired or grumpy, or maybe their cell phone battery died. The Latin adjective for "shared" is a root word, and no matter why, an uncommunicative person won’t share much, maybe only a few words, sometimes no words at all. You can also say that a book is uncommunicative if it’s very confusing and doesn’t make sense to you. Or you can just stop reading.

Definitions of uncommunicative

1. adjective

   not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
   synonyms: incommunicative

   inarticulate, unarticulate

   without or deprived of the use of speech or words

   blank, vacuous

   void of expression

   close, closelipped, closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped

   inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging information

   deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive

   deliberately impassive in manner

   incommunicado

   without the means or right to communicate

   inexpressive

   not expressive

   mum, silent

   failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

   unpronounceable, unutterable

   very difficult to pronounce correctly

   taciturn

   habitually reserved and uncommunicative

   antonyms:

   communicative

   able or tending to communicate

   articulate

   expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language

   anecdotal, anecdotic, anecdotical

   characterized by or given to telling anecdotes

   Bantu-speaking

   able to communicate in Bantu

   blabbermouthed, leaky, talebearing, tattling

   prone to communicate confidential information

   chatty, gossipy, newsy

   prone to friendly informal communication

   communicable

   readily communicated

   communicational

   used in communication

   English-speaking

   able to communicate in English

   expansive, talkative

   friendly and open and willing to talk

   expressive

   characterized by expression

   Finno-Ugric-speaking

   able to communicate in a Finno-Ugric language

   Flemish-speaking

   able to communicate in Flemish

   French-speaking

   able to communicate in French

   Gaelic-speaking

   able to communicate in Gaelic

   German-speaking

   able to communicate in German

   gesticulating

   making gestures while speaking

   gestural, nonverbal

   being other than verbal communication

   gestural, sign, sign-language, signed

   used of the language of the deaf

   heraldic

   indicative of or announcing something to come

   Icelandic-speaking

   able to communicate in Icelandic

   Italian-speaking

   able to communicate in Italian

   Japanese-speaking

   able to communicate in Japanese

   Kannada-speaking

   able to communicate in Kannada

   Livonian-speaking

   able to communicate in Livonian

   narrative

   consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story

   nonverbal

   involving little use of language

   nonverbal

   lacking verbal skill

   openhearted

   freely communicative; candidly straightforward

   Oscan-speaking

   able to communicate in Oscan

   outspoken, vocal

   given to expressing yourself freely or insistently

   Russian-speaking

   able to communicate in Russian

   Samoyedic-speaking

   able to communicate in Samoyedic

   Semitic-speaking

   able to communicate in a Semitic language

   Siouan-speaking

   able to communicate in a Siouan language

   Spanish-speaking

   able to communicate in Spanish

   Turkic-speaking

   able to communicate in Turkic

   verbal

   communicated in the form of words

   yarn-spinning

   inclined to tell long and involved stories (often of incredible happenings)

   voluble

   marked by a ready flow of speech