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buttoned-up
adjective as in closemouthed
adjective as in done
adjective as in hushed
adjective as in inobtrusive
Weak matches
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- could hear a pin drop
- dumb
- hushed
- hushful
- inaudible
- low
- low-pitched
- muffled
- mute
- muted
- noiseless
- not saying boo
- peaceful
- quiescent
- quieted
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- soft
- soundless
- speechless
- still
- stilled
- subdued
- taciturn
- tasteful
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unexpressed
- unobtrusive
- unspeaking
- unuttered
- whist
adjective as in mum
adjective as in noncommittal
adjective as in quiet
adjective as in safe
Weak matches
- cherished
- free from danger
- guarded
- home free
- impervious
- impregnable
- in safety
- inviolable
- invulnerable
- maintained
- out of danger
- out of harm's way
- preserved
- safe and sound
- safeguarded
- sheltered
- shielded
- sitting pretty
- tended
- unassailable
- undamaged
- under lock and key
- under one's wing
- unharmed
- unhurt
- uninjured
- unmolested
- unscathed
- unthreatened
- vindicated
- watched
adjective as in secretive
adjective as in silent
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- bashful
- checked
- clammed up
- close
- closed-up
- closemouthed
- curbed
- dumb
- dummied up
- faint
- hush
- iced
- inarticulate
- incoherent
- inconversable
- indistinct
- inhibited
- laconic
- mousy
- muted
- noiseless
- nonvocal
- not talkative
- reserved
- shy
- silentious
- soundless
- still
- struck dumb
- taciturn
- tongue-tied
- unclear
- uncommunicative
- unheard
- unsociable
- unspeaking
- voiceless
- wordless
- zipped
adjective as in speechless
adjective as in still
adjective as in through
Strongest match
adjective as in tight-lipped
adjective as in uncommunicative
adjective as in under wraps
adverb as in under one's hat
Weak matches
Example Sentences
The buttoned-up, pantsuit-wearing former oncologist is not a repeat of the eager “Goldbergs” matriarch, but the character maintains the actor’s knack for playing beleaguered exhaustion for comedic effect.
Griffin mines the polarity between her envelope-pushing persona and the buttoned-up glamour of A-List celebrity with aplomb to reveal that even the biggest stars are as absurd as the rest of us.
It was then, she said, that this buttoned-up, emotion-averse follower of traditional gender roles “entered the 1970s.”
But his outsize personality and flamboyant lifestyle clashed with the company’s buttoned-up culture.
Of course, part of the charm of Elsbeth on “The Good Wife” and “The Good Fight” is how she stood out in contrast to the more serious, buttoned-up characters around her.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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