Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun buckram

1 sense of buckram

Sense 1
buckram -- (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb buckram

1 sense of buckram

Sense 1
buckram -- (stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt")
       => stiffen -- (make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine")

Antonyms of adj buckram

1 sense of buckram

Sense 1
starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality")

INDIRECT (VIA formal) -> informal -- (not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends")

Similarity of adj buckram

1 sense of buckram

Sense 1
starchy, stiff, buckram -- (rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality")
       => formal (vs. informal) -- (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education")