a man/woman of few words
Definition
› a man/woman who says very little: My father was a man of few words, but when he spoke it was worth listening to.Not saying muchBlunt and direct in speech and behaviourNot being friendlyDigressing and being indirect or evasive
(Definition of a man/woman of few words from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- brevity noun
- brief adjective (SHORT IN TIME)
- brief noun (SHORT FORM)
- briefly adverb (FEW WORDS)
- concise adjective
- crisp adjective (CLEAR)
- curt adjective
- gnomic adjective
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- monosyllabic adjective (PERSON)
- not waste words idiom
- pithy adjective (SHORT)
- quiet adjective
- quietly adverb
- short adjective (TIME)
- succinct adjective
- taciturn adjective
- taut adjective (WRITING/SPEECH)
- terse adjective
- walls have ears idiom
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