Antonyms for communicative
kəˈmyu nɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə tɪv; -kəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr icom·mu·nica·tive

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1. communicative

   Antonyms:
   close, dumb, mute, reserved, reticent, silent, speechless, taciturn, uncommunicative

   Synonyms:
   free, garrulous, loquacious, talkative, unreserved

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1. communicativeadjective

   of or relating to communication

   "communicative arts"

   Antonyms:
   unutterable, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, closemouthed, silent, unpronounceable, closelipped, vacuous, secretive, poker-faced, incommunicado, mum, expressionless, close, uncommunicative, tightlipped, incommunicative, deadpan, blank

   Synonyms:
   communicatory

2. communicative, communicatoryadjective

   able or tending to communicate

   "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

   Antonyms:
   closemouthed, impassive, secretive, blank, poker-faced, expressionless, closelipped, unutterable, deadpan, tightlipped, incommunicative, silent, vacuous, inexpressive, close, uncommunicative, unpronounceable, unexpressive, mum, incommunicado

   Synonyms:
   communicatory

How to use communicative in a sentence?

1. Irwin Redlener:

   It's rarely going to be a direct cause-and-effect, a storm would not cause a well-balanced kid to kill themselves. But this is mostly worrisome for the vulnerable children -- that is, (children) who have had some preexisting challenges like depression ... Kids who tend to be loners and not very communicative. Kids with other types of mental health conditions ... This is the last straw.

2. Van Pelt:

   No. Absolutely not. I know the line of communication is wide open between those two guys. Kevin's always been open, communicative with all the players.

3. Olaf Eigenbrodt:

   Libraries tend to become more cozy, relaxing and communicative places. Other than public spaces like museums, they have a certain private character, which makes them a living room for their community.

4. Michael Westmore:

   The eyes and mouth are the communicative windows between the aliens and the humans.

5. James Scott:

   The narrative illusion introduces a “mind virus”, which is a syntactical contagion that spreads through communicative vectors and colonizes the cognitive biases of the targeted individual’s psychology, thus transforming the mental processes of that target.

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