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buttonlike

buttonlike

4.8
Small, round, and shiny like a button
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌtənˌlaɪk/
translation icon : similar a un botón
  • The beetle's buttonlike shell glistened in the sunlight.

Examples

  • She wore a coat decorated with several buttonlike ornaments down the front.

  • Those buttonlike candies are my favorite!

  • The puppy looked at me with buttonlike eyes full of curiosity.

  • The buttonlike flowers bloomed in the spring.

  • The new decorative buttons on her jacket have a buttonlike shape that is both stylish and eye-catching.

  • The craftsman created a series of buttonlike beads to use in his jewelry designs, each one polished to a shiny finish.

  • She chose a fabric with a buttonlike pattern for her new upholstery, bringing a playful touch to the living room.

Synonyms

beady
vsbuttonlike
13 5.1

Having small round shiny eyes that look watchful

focuses on neutral small bright appearance without expressive or watchful tone
beadlike
vsbuttonlike
3.2

Small, round and shiny like a bead

refers to small round shiny items including decorative pieces and fastening disks
buttony
vsbuttonlike
8.4

Small, round, and shiny like a button

expresses the same visual idea without a different meaning or use
button-shaped
vsbuttonlike
2.6

Like a small round flat disk

describes more uniformly rounded and often shiny appearance rather than flatness

How Buttonlike

buttonlike
4.8
beadlike
3.2

Surface Forms

buttonlike positive

Morphology

buttonlike = button (transparent) = button + like

The adjectival suffix '-like' clearly means 'resembling', so 'buttonlike' directly means 'resembling a button'.

Etymology

Buttonlike comes from the familiar word button, which is 'a small round thing used to close clothes', plus the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So if something is buttonlike, it is small, round, and shiny or looks like a little button or bead.