BUTTON Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of button

as in lever

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as in badge

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verb

as in to toggle

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Recent Examples of button

Noun

The top button works as a traditional pen activation system, extending the refill when needed. — New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2026 The phone will use a fingerprint sensor built into the side button for unlocking. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Verb

Walker often plays professional women forced to button down their emotions more than occasionally, in part because the struggle not to cry is considered more powerful, and interesting to watch, than the tears themselves. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Lestat-as-narrator will be far less buttoned up and even less reliable than Louis. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for button

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Noun

The authors say the findings open the door to treating sleep hygiene as one lever in perianal disease management, though replication in non-European populations is still needed.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
Breakfast is the lever, and a shaker bottle is not the only way to hit the number.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of lever

Noun

Glover will be issued an access badge and plans to be present at the training simulation runs and hopes to be a part of establishing a new initiative, the United States Space Academy, serving NASA and the US Space Force.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 10 Sep. 2026
In Adenot's video, she is seen donning the Starfleet badge on her ESA-issue ISS shirt, floating in ESA's Columbus laboratory module.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of badge

Verb

When toggled on, the system must completely shut down its internal brevity algorithms, ignore corporate formatting templates, and allocate the necessary computing power to follow the user's explicit structural constraints to the letter.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
The game’s newest installment will allow players to toggle between the perspectives of Jason and Lucia, who exhibit a Bonnie-and-Clyde dynamic as the player follows their story.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of toggle

Noun

Coordination is key here, so everything from towel hooks and toilet paper holders to knobs and pulls is made to match in an array of finishes.

— Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
Some of the knobs look a little automotive-like, but the material choice is on a much higher level.

— Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of knob

Noun

By the end, the clasp, which incorporates a personal poem, looms large in comparison, representing the virus overwhelming the community.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Bieber styled the dress with peep-toe heeled sandals, diamond earrings, an olive-green Gucci handbag with a gold clasp, and a cocktail topped with a wedge of lime.

— Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of clasp

Verb

From there, Zheng used her lofted forehand and backhand to pin Keys back, taking her toes off the baseline and asking her to either build points over the course of several shots, or take arcing balls on the rise, a decision heavy with risk.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Precision and execution on punts and kickoffs can pin teams in their own end zones, stopping drives before they even get started.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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Noun

An intuitive physical dial makes on-the-fly volume adjustments effortless, and with a battery lasting up to 100 hours between charges, downtime is virtually non-existent.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026
So in 2009, the Tambour Spin Time, with its 12 rotating cubes surrounding the dial, was born as the manufacture’s first creation for LV.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of dial

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