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
Nongregarious and buttoned-up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nongregarious" instead an adjective phrase "Buttoned-up".
Nongregarious
Nongregarious adjective - Of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies.
Buttoned-up and nongregarious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buttoned-up" instead an adjective "Nongregarious".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- reserved and buttoned-up
- reserved and nongregarious
- cool and buttoned-up
- cool and nongregarious
- quiet and buttoned-up
- quiet and nongregarious
- distant and buttoned-up
- distant and nongregarious
- aloof and buttoned-up
- aloof and nongregarious
- restrained and buttoned-up
- restrained and nongregarious
- remote and buttoned-up
- remote and nongregarious
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Nongregarious and Buttoned-up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/buttoned-up/nongregarious
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