button-down

What does button-down mean?

button-down means "unimaginatively conventional". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in button-down?

button-down has 3 syllables: but-ton--down. The stress falls on "but".

What is another word for button-down?

Close synonyms include buttoned-down, conservative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is button-down a common word?

button-down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for button-down come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.