Usually means: Unwilling to share information, secretive.
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  1. tightlipped: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  3. tightlipped: Wordnik
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  6. tightlipped: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  7. tightlipped: Rhymezone
  8. tightlipped: FreeDictionary.org
  9. tightlipped: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of tight-lipped [(literal) Having the lips pressed tightly together, hence, not speaking.]

Similar:
secretive, closemouthed, close, uncommunicative, incommunicative, closelipped, tightlaced, tightfisted, bellmouthed, tightknit, more...

Opposite:
talkative, loquacious, verbose, communicative, forthcoming

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Similar:
secretive, closemouthed, close, uncommunicative, incommunicative, closelipped, tightlaced, tightfisted, bellmouthed, tightknit, more...

Opposite:
talkative, loquacious, verbose, communicative, forthcoming



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