Standard Lemma guide

buttony

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a large number of buttons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1869, W. S. Gilbert, “Bob Polter” in Bab Ballads, p. 179, “And will my whiskers curl so tight? My cheeks grow smug and muttony? My face become so red and white? My coat so blue and buttony?

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Resembling a button or buttons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Resembling a button or buttons.

Not fully grown and matured; overly small and insufficiently juicy. (of berries)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adj

Meaning 4

Resembling a button or buttons.

Full-berried. (of hops)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

The manufacture of buttons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

A children’s game played with buttons.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, uncountable

Topics: games

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7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

ornamented with many buttons

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bright beady eyes
  • black buttony eyes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beady, beadlike, buttonlike

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History

Etymology

From button + -y.