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

1 sense of buttonhole

Sense 1
buttonhole, button hole -- (a hole through which buttons are pushed)
       => hole -- (an opening deliberately made in or through something)

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

1 sense of buttonhole

Sense 1
lobby, buttonhole -- (detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors)
       => solicit, beg, tap -- (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently; "Henry IV solicited the Pope for a divorce"; "My neighbor keeps soliciting money for different charities")