incommunicadoadjective [ after verb ], adverb
uk/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.dəʊ/us/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.doʊ/formalnot communicating with anyone else because you do not want to or are not allowed to:
His secretary says he will be incommunicado for the rest of the day.
He was held incommunicado for the first 48 hours after he was arrested.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Falling silent and not speaking
- bite
- clam
- gob
- have nothing to say for yourself idiom
- hear
- hold
- hold your tongue idiom
- keep (yourself) to yourself
- keep your mouth shut idiom
- let sth rest idiom
- lost
- pipe down
- radio silence
- rest
- save your breath idiom
- silence
- speak
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unsaid
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