Meanings
prepositional phrase
- idiomaticExactly, precisely.
They arrived at 3:30, on the button.
1 more example
Her landing was right on the button.
Synonyms: on the dot, on the money, on the nose
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseExactly, precisely.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion
Similar
adverbjust as it should be
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
French pile, tapantes
- pileprecisely
- tapantesprecisely
- précisesprecisely
Hungarian hajszálpontosan
- hajszálpontosanprecisely
Polish punkt
- punktprecisely
Russian точь в точь, тютелька в тютельку
- точь в точь (točʹ v točʹ)precisely
- тютелька в тютельку (tjutelʹka v tjutelʹku)precisely
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APA
on the button. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20button
MLA
“on the button.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20button. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the button,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20button.
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