a man/woman of few words
a man/woman who says very little:
My father was a man of few words, but when he spoke it was worth listening to.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not saying much
- abrupt
- brief
- cat
- concise
- crisp
- curt
- few
- has the cat got your tongue? idiom
- laconic
- not waste words idiom
- pithy
- quiet
- quietly
- reticent
- taut
- terse
- wall
- walls have ears idiom
- waste
- well chosen
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