Buttoned-up
Buttoned-up adjective - Having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others.
Usage example: a buttoned-up colleague who had no interest in talking about anything but work, even at parties
Impersonal and buttoned-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impersonal" instead an adjective phrase "Buttoned-up".
Impersonal
Impersonal adjective - Not relating to or responsive to individual persons.
Buttoned-up and impersonal are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buttoned-up" instead an adjective "Impersonal".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- calm and buttoned-up
- calm and impersonal
- formal and buttoned-up
- formal and impersonal
- dry and buttoned-up
- dry and impersonal
- reserved and buttoned-up
- reserved and impersonal
- cool and buttoned-up
- cool and impersonal
- distant and buttoned-up
- distant and impersonal
- aloof and buttoned-up
- aloof and impersonal
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Impersonal and Buttoned-up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/impersonal
Buttoned-up & Impersonal. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/impersonal>.
Impersonal or Buttoned-up. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/impersonal.
