button nose

Small, rounded sniffer

A button nose is a small, round nose considered cute or endearing.

The term compares the nose to a button—compact, neat, and slightly upturned.

It appears most often in descriptions of children, pets, or romantic partners: She had rosy cheeks and a button nose.

appearance

adorable

Extremely endearing

  • cuteAttractively charming
  • petiteSmall and delicate
  • daintyDelicately small and pretty

small · round · upturned · snub · pert · cherubic · elfin · baby-faced · youthful · delicate

anatomy

tip

End or gratuity

profile · septum · philtrum · nasal · snub-nosed · concave · slope · projection · contour · shape

Categories
Opposites
nose shape and prominence

button noseaquiline nose

Curved, beak-like nasal shape

Roman nose · hooked nose · hawk nose · bulbous nose · long nose

Family

button, buttons, unbutton, buttoned, unbuttoned, buttoning, unbuttoning, buttonless, rebutton

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G