Meanings
adjectiveuncommunicative (comparative more uncommunicative, superlative most uncommunicative)
comparative more uncommunicative · superlative most uncommunicative
- Tending not to communicate; not communicating.
He asked and asked, but she remained silent and uncommunicative.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot inclined to talk or give information or express opinions
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcommunicative
- Englishuncommunicative
From un- + communicative.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian необщителен
- необщителен (neobštitelen)tending not to communicate; not communicating
Esperanto nekomunikema
- nekomunikematending not to communicate; not communicating
German unkommunikativ, maulfaul
- unkommunikativtending not to communicate; not communicating
- maulfaultending not to communicate; not communicating
Hungarian hallgatag, zárkózott
- hallgatagtending not to communicate; not communicating
- zárkózotttending not to communicate; not communicating
- szófukartending not to communicate; not communicating
Persian تودار
- تودار (tudâr)tending not to communicate; not communicating
Vietnamese ít nói
- ít nóitending not to communicate; not communicating
Cite this entry
APA
uncommunicative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommunicative
MLA
“uncommunicative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommunicative. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncommunicative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommunicative.
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