All buttondown synonyms
butΒ·ton-down
B b adj buttondown
- conventional β Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
- common β If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
- current β A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river, lake, or sea.
- ordinary β of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
- regular β usual; normal; customary: to put something in its regular place.
- typical β of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- dated β Dated things seem old-fashioned, although they may once have been fashionable or modern.
- bourgeois β If you describe people, their way of life, or their attitudes as bourgeois, you disapprove of them because you consider them typical of conventional middle-class people.
- boring β Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.
- conformist β Someone who is conformist behaves or thinks like everyone else rather than doing things that are original.
- conservative β A Conservative politician or voter is a member of or votes for the Conservative Party in Britain.
- old-fashioned β of a style or kind that is no longer in vogue: an old-fashioned bathing suit.
- strait-laced β excessively strict in conduct or morality; puritanical; prudish: strait-laced censors.
- stuffy β close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
- traditional β of or relating to tradition.
- unimaginative β characterized by or bearing evidence of imagination: an imaginative tale.
- accepted β Accepted ideas are agreed by most people to be correct or reasonable.
- accustomed β If you are accustomed to something, you know it so well or have experienced it so often that it seems natural, unsurprising, or easy to deal with.
- commonplace β If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
- correct β If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
- customary β Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- decorous β Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- fashionable β observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- formal β being in accordance with the usual requirements, customs, etc.; conventional: to pay one's formal respects.
- general β of or relating to all persons or things belonging to a group or category: a general meeting of the employees.
- habitual β of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- orthodox β of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
- plain β clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- popular β regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- predominant β having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- prevailing β predominant: prevailing winds.
- prevalent β widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance.
- proper β adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
- ritual β an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite.
- routine β subroutine
- square β a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- standard β something considered by an authority or by general consent as a basis of comparison; an approved model.
- stereotyped β reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- straight β without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- usual β habitual or customary: her usual skill.
- well-known β clearly or fully known: The well-known reasons are obvious.
- wonted β accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive): He was wont to rise at dawn.
- button-down β A button-down shirt or a shirt with a button-down collar has a button under each end of the collar which you can fasten.
- behind the times β You can use the times to refer to the present time and to modern fashions, tastes, and developments. For example, if you say that someone keeps up with the times, you mean they are fashionable or aware of modern developments. If you say they are behind the times, you mean they are unfashionable or not aware of them.
- out-of-date β gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.