💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Button up"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| belt upverb | (British, intransitive) To fasten one's seat belt. |
| shut upverb | (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise. |
| close upverb | (intransitive) To close (remove a gap) completely or fully. |
| dummy upverb | (informal, sometimes imperative) To suddenly stop talking; shut up; to keep a secret; to refuse to talk. |
| clam upverb | (intransitive, informal) To become silent; to stop talking. |
| keep mumverb | refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent |
| be quietverb | refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent |
| buttonnoun | (clothing) A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. |
| buckle upverb | (intransitive, idiomatic) To fasten one's seat belt or safety belt. |
| zip upverb | To close with a zip fastener. |
| do upverb | (transitive, idiomatic, colloquial) To redecorate (a room, etc.); to make improvements to (a home or domestic property). |
| strap upverb | (transitive) To fasten with a strap |
| buttonholenoun | A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. |
| lace upverb | (transitive) To fasten the laces of something. |
| fasten upverb | (transitive) To fasten or attach |
| hold by the buttonverb | (archaic, idiomatic, transitive) To detain in conversation to the point of weariness or tedium; to bore while tallking to |
| bucklenoun | A metal clasp with a hinged tongue or a spike through which a belt or strap is passed and penetrated by the tongue or spike, in order to fasten the ends of the belt together or to secure the strap to something else. |
| locknoun | Something used for fastening, which can only be opened with a key or combination. |
| zippernoun | (chiefly US, Australia) A zip fastener. |
| beltnoun | (clothing) A band worn around the waist to hold clothing to one's body (usually pants), hold weapons (such as a gun or sword), or serve as a decorative piece of clothing. |
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