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Synonyms for buttoning up
adj secret, reserved- hidden
- private
- retired
- secluded
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoning up
- clamming up
- close-lipped
- closemouthed
- hush-hush
- mum's the word
- on the Q. T.
- reticent
- secretive
- silent
- taciturn
- tight chops
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unforthcoming
- zipping one's lips
Antonyms for buttoning up
- open
- public
- sociable
- away
- beyond
- cool
- detached
- dry
- far
- faraway
- generous
- giving
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- loose
- uncramped
- unfriendly
- unreserved
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
closer
adjective. secret, reserved
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoning up
- clamming up
- close-lipped
- closemouthed
- hidden
- hush-hush
- mum's the word
- on the Q. T.
- private
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secretive
- silent
- taciturn
- tight chops
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unforthcoming
- zipping one's lips
closest
adjective. secret, reserved
- buttoning one's lip
- buttoning up
- clamming up
- close-lipped
- closemouthed
- hidden
- hush-hush
- mum's the word
- on the Q. T.
- private
- reticent
- retired
- secluded
- secretive
- silent
- taciturn
- tight chops
- tight-lipped
- uncommunicative
- unforthcoming
- zipping one's lips
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.