Antonyms of verb unbutton
1 sense of unbutton
Sense 1
unbutton -- (undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt")
Antonym of button (Sense 2)
=> button -- (fasten with buttons; "button the dress")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb unbutton
1 sense of unbutton
Sense 1
unbutton -- (undo the buttons of; "unbutton the shirt")
=> undo -- (cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions")
Antonyms of adj unbuttoned
2 senses of unbuttoned
Sense 1
unbuttoned (vs. buttoned), unfastened -- (not buttoned; "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat")
buttoned (vs. unbuttoned), fastened -- (furnished or closed with buttons or something buttonlike)
=> botonee, botonnee -- ((of a heraldic cross) having a cluster of three buttons or knobs at the end of each arm)
=> button-down -- (of a shirt; having the ends of the collar fastened down by buttons; "Brooks Brothers button-down shirts")
Sense 2
unbuttoned, unlaced -- (not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub")
INDIRECT (VIA unrestrained) -> restrained -- (under restraint)
Similarity of adj unbuttoned
2 senses of unbuttoned
Sense 1
unbuttoned (vs. buttoned), unfastened -- (not buttoned; "the wind picked up the hem of her unbuttoned coat")
=> open-collared -- (of a shirt; not buttoned at the neck; "dressed casually in shorts and an open-collared shirt")
Sense 2
unbuttoned, unlaced -- (not under constraint in action or expression; "this unbuttoned and disrespectful age"- Curtis Bok; "unlaced behavior in the neighborhood pub")
=> unrestrained (vs. restrained) -- (not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter")