Thesaurus
button–down
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of BUTTON-DOWN
tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions <a button-down architectural firm would never have the imagination to produce such a cutting-edge design>
Synonyms archconservative, brassbound, button-down (or buttoned-down), die-hard, hidebound, mossbacked, old-fashioned, old-line, old-school, orthodox, paleoconservative, reactionary, standpat, traditional, traditionalistic, ultraconservative, unprogressive
Related Words conventional, square; devoted, faithful, loyal, staunch (also stanch), steadfast, steady, true, true-blue; blimpish, neoconservative, Tory, ultraright, ultrarightist; dowdy, fogyish (or fogeyish), fuddy-duddy, ossified, set, stodgy; right, right-wing; antiliberal, antimodern, antiprogressive, antireform, antirevolutionary
Variants of BUTTON-DOWN
button–down or buttoned–down
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