buttoned-down

A form of button-down — Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.

Meanings

adjectivebuttoned-down (comparative more buttoned-down, superlative most buttoned-down)

comparative more buttoned-down · superlative most buttoned-down

  1. alternativeidiomaticAlternative form of button-down.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveunimaginatively conventional

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buttoned-down,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buttoned-down.

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