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Definition: Noncommittal |
NoncommittalAdjective1. Very reluctant to give out information. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "noncommittal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1856. (references) |
Synonyms: NoncommittalSynonyms: guarded (adj), unrevealing (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Noncommittal |
| English words defined with "noncommittal": hedge, hedging ♦ straddle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "noncommittal": colombotantalite. (references) |
| "Noncommittal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Noncommittal" is used about 32 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 32 | 61,292 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "noncommittal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مراوق, غير ملزم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 不置可否 (be noncommittal, decline to comment, hedge, not express an opinion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nic neříkající, neosobní (impersonal), vyhýbavý (elusive, evasive, non committal), opatrnický (cagey, cagy, faint-hearted), bezvýrazný (blank, characterless, dead pan, flabby, glassy, inexpressive, insipid, tame, vapid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | غیرمشخص (Inconspicuous), غیرصریح (Imprecise, Unintelligible), ردکننده (Spurn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | réservé, qui n'engage rien, évasif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μη αποκαλυπτικόσ, ακαθόριστοσ (amorphous, nondescript, unsettled, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בלתי מחיב. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | semmitmondó (evasive, frivolous, meaningless, non committal, null, windy), semmire sem kötelező, semleges (impartial, neuter, neutral, non-comittal, unconcerned), diplomatikus (diplomatic, non committal, non-comittal, non-committal, tactful). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tidak menyatakan pendapat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 不即不離 (neutral), 不得要 (ambiguous, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ふそくふり (close relationship, neutral), ふとくようりょう (ambiguous, vague). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neuchiangltagh (freelance), fastagh (cautious in speech, grave, inarticulate, modest, mum, pensive, quiet, secretive, taciturn, tight-lipped, uncommunicative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oncommittalnay уклончивый (circumlocutional, elusive, evasive, non committal, tortuous). (various references) evasivo (elusive, evasive, non committal, shuffling). (various references) oförbindlig. (various references) tarafsız (candid, clinical, colorless, colourless, crossbench, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equitable, even handed, fair-minded, free from bias, impartial, judicial, neutral, non committal, non party, nonpartisan, non-partisan, nonparty, unbiased, unbiassed, uncolored, uncoloured, uncommitted, unprejudiced, unwarped), fikrini açıklamayan, çekimser (non committal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "noncommittal": noncommittally. (additional references) | |
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"Noncommittal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: noncomittal, noncomittaly, noncommiattal, noncommittial, noncomnittaly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "noncommittal" (pronounced nÄ"nkumi"tul) |
| 7 | -k u m i" t u l | committal. |
| 5 | -m i" t u l | transmittal. |
| 4 | -i" t u l | acquittal, belittle, brittle, Kittel, Kittle, little, skittle, spittle, tittle, vittle, Whittle. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fertile, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, hurtle, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, infertile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, lentil, lintel, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Myrtle, Natal, neonatal, nettle, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, societal, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, turtle, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, volatile, Wintle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
-3 letters: committal, monatomic, nonatomic, noncoital. | |
-4 letters: conation, location, mannitol, monomial, monotint, motional, notation, notional. | |
-5 letters: actinon, ammonic, amotion, antlion, cannoli, catmint, contain, coolant, limacon, moonlit, nominal, noncola, octanol, ottoman, taction. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-t-t" | |
+2 letters: noncommittally. | |
+3 letters: complementation. | |
+4 letters: complementations. | |
+5 letters: telecommunication. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 6F 6E 63 6F 6D 6D 69 74 74 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. --- -. -.-. --- -- -- .. - - .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01101111 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01101001 01110100 01110100 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N o n c o m m i t t a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 006F 006E 0063 006F 006D 006D 0069 0074 0074 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)488180698179797586866778 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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