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")

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