| Main Entry: | cap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outdo a performance |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, better, button down, button up, can*, clinch, cob, complete, cover, crest, crown, do to a T, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, put the lid on, surmount, surpass, top, top it off, transcend, trump, wrap up |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complete, finish, stop |
Synonyms: |
button down, button up, call it a day, call off, cap, cease, clear, clinch, conclude, consummate, culminate, cut loose, determine, discontinue, do, drop the curtain, end, fold, fold up, halt, pack it in, put a lid on, put to bed, sew up, shut down, shutter, terminate, ultimate, wind down, wind up, wrap up |
Antonyms: |
begin, continue, not finish, open, start |
| Main Entry: | closemouthed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent, reserved |
Synonyms: |
buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-lipped, dummied up, have tight chops, hush-hush, on the Q. T., quiet, reticent, sedate, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, zipped one's lips |
Antonyms: |
chatty, open, talkative |
| Main Entry: | done |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accomplished, finished |
Synonyms: |
a wrap, all in, all over, brought about, brought to pass, buttoned up, compassed, complete, completed, concluded, consummated, depleted, down, drained, effected, effete, ended, executed, exhausted, fixed, fulfilled, over, perfected, performed, realized, rendered, set, spent, succeeded, terminated, through, used up, wired, wrought |
Antonyms: |
incomplete, undone, unfinished, unperfected |
| Main Entry: | lock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, clasp |
Synonyms: |
bar, bolt, button, button up, clench, close, clutch, embrace, encircle, enclose, engage, entwine, grapple, grasp, hug, join, latch, link, mesh, press, seal, secure, shut, turn the key, unite |
Antonyms: |
unclasp, unfasten, unlock |
| Main Entry: | mum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silent |
Synonyms: |
bashful, buttoned up, clammed up, closemouthed, hushed, mute, muted, nonvocal, not forthcoming, not talkative, quiet, reserved, secretive, shy, soundless, speechless, still, tight-lipped, tongue-tied, uncommunicative, unsociable, unspeaking, voiceless, wordless, zipped |
| Main Entry: | noncommittal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unwilling to decide |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, buttoned up, careful, cautious, circumspect, clammed up, constrained, discreet, equivocal, evasive, even-steven, guarded, hush-hush, incommunicable, indefinite, judicious, middle-ground, middle-of-the-road, neutral, on-the-fence, politic, reserved, restrained, tactful, temporizing, tentative, unrevealing, vague, wary, zipped |
Antonyms: |
committal, decisive, definite, judgemental, willing |
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without or with little sound |
Synonyms: |
buttoned up, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, could hear a pin drop, dumb, hushed, hushful, inaudible, low, low-pitched, muffled, mute, muted, noiseless, not saying boo, peaceful, quiescent, quieted, reserved, reticent, secretive, silent, soft, soundless, speechless, still, stilled, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative, unexpressed, unspeaking, unuttered, whist |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
Antonyms: |
boisterous, clamorous, loud, noisy |
| Main Entry: | safe |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from harm |
Synonyms: |
buttoned up, cherished, free from danger, guarded, home-free, impervious, impregnable, in safety, intact, inviolable, invulnerable, maintained, okay*, out of danger, out of harm's way, preserved, protected, safe and sound, safeguarded, secure, sheltered, shielded, sitting pretty, snug, tended, unassailable, undamaged, under lock and key, under one's wing, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unmolested, unscathed, unthreatened, vindicated, watched |
Antonyms: |
exposed, unguarded, unprotected, unsafe, vulnerable |
| Main Entry: | secretive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncommunicative |
Synonyms: |
backstairs, buttoned up, cagey, clammed up, close, close-mouthed, covert, cryptic, enigmatic, feline, furtive, hushed, in chambers, in privacy, in private, in the background, in the dark, on the QT, reserved, reticent, silent, taciturn, tight-lipped, undercover, unforthcoming, withdrawn, zipped |
Antonyms: |
communicative, forthright, honest, open |