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  • 31wordless — Synonyms and related words: anaudic, aphasic, aphonic, breathless, brief, brusque, close, close lipped, close tongued, closemouthed, concise, curt, dumb, dumbfounded, dumbstricken, dumbstruck, economical of words, implicit, implied, inarticulate …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 32Taciturnity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Taciturnity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 silence silence muteness obmutescence Sgm: N 1 taciturnity taciturnity pauciloquy costiveness| curtness Sgm: N 1 reserve reserve reticence &c.(concealment) 528 …

    English dictionary for students

  • 33Dirawong — In the mythology of Bundjalung Nation (represented by 15 Australian Aboriginal tribes, within which are many groups, clans and bands), the Dirawong (a goanna) is the Creator Being that taught the people the Aboriginal astronomy, body designs,… …

    Wikipedia

  • 34laconic — I adjective abbreviated, abridged, adstrictus, brevis, brief, brusque, closemouthed, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, curt, economical of words, epigrammatic, exact, mum, pauciloquent, pithy, pointed, precise, quiet,… …

    Law dictionary

  • 35sententious — I adjective abridged, aphoristic, apothegmatic, blunt, commatic, compact, compressed, concise, condensed, direct, economical of words, epigrammatic, epigrammatical, expressive, full of meaning, gnomic, laconic, meaningful, meaty, packed with… …

    Law dictionary

  • 36taciturn — a. Silent (by habit), reserved, uncommunicative, close, unconversable, reticent, of few words, sparing of words, close tongued …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 37uncommunicative — a. Reserved, taciturn, close, inconversable, unsociable, reticent, incommunicative, sparing of words, of few words …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 38economical — frugal, thrifty, *sparing Analogous words: prudent, provident (see under PRUDENCE): close, cheeseparing, parsimonious, penurious (see STINGY) Antonyms: extravagant Contrasted words: lavish, prodigal, exuberant, *profuse …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 39frugal — thrifty, economical, *sparing Analogous words: *careful, meticulous: provident, prudent, discreet (see under PRUDENCE): saving, preserving, conserving (see SAVE): parsimonious, cheeseparing, penny pinching (see STINGY) Antonyms: wasteful… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 40brief — adj 1. momentary, temporary, of short duration, short; impermanent, mortal, unenduring, fleeting, passing, fading; transitory, transient, fugacious, caducous, deciduous, monohemerous, monemerous, evanescent, ephemeral; mercurial, volatile,… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder