necktied
Wearing silk knot
Wearing a necktie: a necktied businessman, rows of necktied executives at the conference.
The word emphasizes the formality or conformity suggested by the accessory, sometimes with a hint of stiffness or corporate uniformity.
Properly matched or fitted
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
- corporateOf or relating to companies
buttoned-up · dressed · polished · presentable · white-collar · power-dressed · pressed · starched
Well-mannered and honorable
- fatherlyLike a male parent
- groomsmanMale wedding supporter
- manlyTraditionally masculine in bearing
- distinguishedNotable and respected
dignified · husband · patriarch · businessman · officiant · pallbearer · usher · dapper
Secured or destined
- restrictedLimited in scope
- stiffNot easily bent
- conformistOne following accepted norms
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
uptight · proper · regimented · straitjacketed · tethered · obligated · uniform · standardized
suited
Properly matched or fitted
- boardroomCorporate decision venue
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- professionalCredentialed in one's field
corporate · buttoned-up · dressed · polished · presentable · white-collar · power-dressed · pressed · starched · collared
gentlemanly
Well-mannered and honorable
distinguished · dignified · husband · patriarch · businessman · officiant · pallbearer · usher · dapper · suave
bound
Secured or destined
- restrictedLimited in scope
- stiffNot easily bent
- conformistOne following accepted norms
conventional · uptight · proper · regimented · straitjacketed · tethered · obligated · uniform · standardized · regulated
necktiedcasual
Relaxed and informal
tieless · informal · unbuttoned · relaxed · slovenly
necktiedcomfortable
Physically at ease
unencumbered · unrestricted · free · at ease · unconstrained
- necktie partyEuphemism for vigilante hanging