Definition of Button-down

1. Adjective. Unimaginatively conventional. "A colorful character in the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"

Exact synonyms: Buttoned-down, Conservative
Similar to: Conventional

2. Adjective. Of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons. "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts"
Similar to: Buttoned, Fastened

Lexicographical Neighbors of Button-down

buttinski
buttinskies
buttinskis
buttinsky
buttle
buttled
buttles
buttling
buttock
buttock
buttocked
buttocks
buttocks
button
button
button-down (current term)
button-quail
buttonball
buttonball
buttonballs
buttonbush
buttonbush
buttonbushes
buttoned
buttoned-down
buttoned-up
buttoner
buttoners
buttonhole
buttonhole

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