BADGES Synonyms

• a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

• an electrical switch operated by pressing

• any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

• a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment

• a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

• a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

• any artifact that resembles a button

• a specific area or icon in graphical user interface systems that is clicked or pressed in order to select a command or perform an action

• provide with buttons

• fasten with buttons

• something used to beautify

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• the act of decorating something (in the hope of making it more attractive)

• special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• a badge worn to show official position

• some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark something

• a distinguishing symbol

• a writing implement for making a mark

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• a piece of jewelry that is pinned onto the wearer's garment

• a number you choose and use to gain access to various accounts

• when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

• small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

• informal terms for the leg

• axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns

• cylindrical tumblers consisting of two parts that are held in place by springs; when they are aligned with a key the bolt can be thrown

• flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green

• a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things

• a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

• a club-shaped wooden object used in bowling; set up in triangular groups of ten as the target

• to hold fast or prevent from moving

• attach or fasten with pins

• pierce with a pin

• (chess) immobilize a piece

• an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• something serving as a sign of something else

• a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines

• something of sentimental value

• insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal)