button: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with B · ends with N
Meaning of button
noun
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
Example: April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
Example: Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
Example: Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
- US
A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
Example: The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
Listed forms: buttons, btn.
Source: Wiktionary — button.
verb
- transitive
To fasten with a button.
- intransitive
To be fastened by a button or buttons.
Example: The coat will not button.
- informal
To stop talking.
Listed forms: buttons, buttoning, buttoned, btn.
Source: Wiktionary — button.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for button.
noun
an electrical switch operated by pressing
- push button
- push
noun
a female sexual organ homologous to the penis
noun
a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is button in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of button
B(3) + U(1) + T(1) + T(1) + O(1) + N(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of button
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from button
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