Synonyms of buttoned-up

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adjective

as in detached

having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others

a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detached
• distant
• cold
• cool
• reserved
• dry
• aloof
• standoffish
• remote
• timid
• antisocial
• professional
• withdrawn
• unbending
• frosty
• clinical
• asocial
• unsociable
• silent
• shy
• cold-eyed
• offish
• hard
• reclusive
• introverted
• standoff
• unclubbable
• misanthropic
• dispassionate
• taciturn
• recessive
• unsocial
• impersonal
• indifferent
• disinterested
• unconcerned
• apathetic
• reticent
• diffident
• uninterested
• uncommunicative
• incurious
• indrawn
• cliquish
• nongregarious
• cliquey
• clubbish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• social
• warm
• friendly
• cordial
• sociable
• convivial
• extroverted
• outgoing
• gregarious
• companionable
• expansive
• talkative
• garrulous
• communicative
• clubby
• boon
• affable
• extraverted
• folksy
• genial
• clubbable
• hospitable
• gracious
• amiable
• congenial
• agreeable
• neighborly
• clubable
• kindly

buttoned (up)

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verb

past tense of button (up)

as in zipped (up)

Synonyms & Similar Words

• zipped (up)
• locked
• clasped
• fastened
• barred
• shut
• latched
• bolted
• closed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opened
• unlocked
• unfastened
• unlatched
• unbuttoned
• unzipped
• unfolded
• unclosed
• unclasped
• unfurled
• unbolted
• unbarred
• unclenched