Antonyms for butterfly
ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪbut·ter·f·ly

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1. butterflynoun

   Synonyms:
   lep

2. butterflynoun

   To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

   Synonyms:
   lep

3. butterflynoun

   To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.

   Synonyms:
   lep

4. butterflynoun

   The butterfly stroke.

   Synonyms:
   lep

5. butterflynoun

   A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

   butterfly tape

   Synonyms:
   lep

Matched Categories

1. • Cooking
   • Flit
   • Lepidopterous Insect
   • Spread
   • Talk

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butterflynoun

   diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

   Synonyms:
   butterfly stroke

2. butterfly, butterfly strokeverb

   a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

   Synonyms:
   butterfly stroke

3. butterflyverb

   flutter like a butterfly

   Synonyms:
   romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

4. butterflyverb

   cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

   "butterflied shrimp"

   Synonyms:
   romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

5. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

   talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

   "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butterfly

   Synonyms:
   Butterfly rash, see there
   

How to use butterfly in a sentence?

1. Li Bingjie:

   We were inspired by her 200 butterfly and we were excited, it made us determined to do our best at the relay.

2. Sylvia Fallon:

   Today's news provides a hopeful indication that we are helping them head in the right direction and curbing the loss of this magnificent butterfly. But we must be careful not to declare victory too soon.

3. Bobbi Ercoline:

   I see our picture, a couple in love. In the full frame of the picture to our right is our Marine Vietnam vet, Corky. He's sleeping so he's the peace. On the other side is the butterfly. That's hope, and I sincerely wish that future generations get that same feeling from that picture. There's always hope, no matter how chaotic. If you have love and peace and trust, there's always hope. And while I certainly wasn't a hippie back in 1969, I think deep in my heart I am one now.

4. Nathaniel Hawthorne:

   Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp... But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

5. Proverb:

   Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

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