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Synonyms & Antonyms of buttoned-up
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- a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties
Synonyms for buttoned-up
- aloof,
- antisocial,
- asocial,
- cold,
- cold-eyed,
- cool,
- detached,
- distant,
- dry,
- frosty,
- offish,
- remote,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- unbending,
- unclubbable,
- unsociable
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Near Antonyms for buttoned-up
- boon,
- clubbable
- (also clubable),
- clubby,
- companionable,
- convivial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- gregarious,
- outgoing
Antonyms for buttoned-up
buttoned (up)
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“Buttoned-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttoned-up. Accessed 4 Dec. 2020.
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The first known use of buttoned-up was in 1767
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