What is another word for butcher?
Synonyms for butcher
ˈbʊtʃ ərbutch·er
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
butcher
To kill is simply to deprive of life, human, animal, or vegetable, with no suggestion of how or why. Assassinate, execute, murder, apply only to the taking of human life; to murder is to kill with premeditation and malicious intent; to execute is to kill in fulfilment of a legal sentence; to assassinate is to kill by assault; this word is chiefly applied to the killing of public or eminent persons through alleged political motives, whether secretly or openly. To slay is to kill by a blow, or by a weapon. Butcher and slaughter apply primarily to the killing of cattle; massacre is applied primarily and almost exclusively to human beings, signifying to kill them indiscriminately in large numbers; to massacre is said when there is no chance of successful resistance; to butcher when the killing is especially brutal; soldiers mown down in a hopeless charge are said to be slaughtered when no brutality on the enemy's part is implied. To despatch is to kill swiftly and in general quietly, always with intention, with or without right.
Synonyms:
assassinate, despatch, execute, kill, massacre, murder, put to death, slaughter, slayPreposition:
To kill with or by sword, famine, pestilence, care, grief, etc.; killed for his money, by a robber, with a dagger.
Princeton's WordNet
butcher, meatmannoun
a retailer of meat
Synonyms:
bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumblerbutchernoun
a brutal indiscriminate murderer
Synonyms:
bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumblerbutcher, slaughterernoun
a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market
Synonyms:
bungler, fumbler, botcher, meatman, sad sack, stumbler, blunderer, slaughterer, bumblerbungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckupverb
someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence
Synonyms:
bloomer, blunderer, botcher, bungle, flub, blooper, stumbler, tripper, pratfall, fumbler, foul-up, sad sack, meatman, boo-boo, blunder, bumbler, slaughterer, boner, botch, bunglerbutcher, slaughterverb
kill (animals) usually for food consumption
"They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
butchernoun
Synonyms:
slayer, killer, murderer, slaughterer, assassin, cut-throatbutcherverb
Synonyms:
kill, MURDER, slay, slaughter, massacre, ASSASSINATE, despatch, put to death
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
butcherverb
Synonyms:
slaughter
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List of paraphrases for "butcher":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3096 | kill | |
#4553 | murder | |
#6859 | execute | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#14956 | massacre | |
#16340 | butcher | |
#21972 | stopper | |
#23314 | despatch | |
#26671 | boucher | |
#32348 | slay | |
#45358 | blunder | |
#50827 | executioner | |
#52093 | bloomer | |
#52244 | assassinate | |
#52978 | boner | |
#63134 | bungle | |
#70169 | tripper | |
#70814 | stumbler | |
#93078 | blooper | |
#104177 | botch | |
#220019 | flub | |
#249380 | bungler |
How to use butcher in a sentence?
Not only did he (Van) butcher him, but then he threw his reputation and his good name out the window by alleging him to be a rapist.
It was constructed on a shop floor and designed on a sheet of butcher paper, right at the end of an era when something could be built so simply and win on an international level.
Tommy You can take a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bull's ass, but wouldn't you rather take the butcher's word for it
Anyone can escape into sleep, we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher's the poet's equal there.
Certainly the idea of ??the butcher shop is to give people a shade of Don Julio.
Translations for butcher
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- قصاب, جزارArabic
- месар, касапин, убивамBulgarian
- carnissera, carnisserCatalan, Valencian
- хаспанчаChechen
- porážet, řezníkCzech
- slagterDanish
- niedermetzeln, Schlachter, Fleischer, Metzger, schlachtenGerman
- σφάζω, μακελεύω, σφαγέας, κατακρεουργώ, χασάπης, σφαγιάζω, καταστρέφωGreek
- buĉistoEsperanto
- carnear, carnicera, matar, carnicero, masacrarSpanish
- lihunikEstonian
- odolzale, harakinBasque
- قصابPersian
- lihakauppias, teurastaa, teurastaja, tuhota, pilata, lihanleikkaaja, leikataFinnish
- bouchère, abattre, boucher, charcuterFrench
- búistéir, feolaireIrish
- feòladairScottish Gaelic
- שׁוֹחֵטHebrew
- क़साईHindi
- mozgóárus, leöl, hentes, mészáros, levágHungarian
- մսագործArmenian
- tukang daging, menjagal, jagalIndonesian
- karno-vendistoIdo
- slátrariIcelandic
- rovinare, massacrare, macellaio, macellareItalian
- 屠殺, 肉屋Japanese
- დაკვლა, ყასაბიGeorgian
- 정육점Korean
- serjêker, qesabKurdish
- lanius, macellariusLatin
- miesniece, kaut, miesnieksLatvian
- касапи, касап, коле, колач, месарMacedonian
- biċċier, biċċieraMaltese
- slager, slachten, slachter, beenhouwerDutch
- slakter, slakteNorwegian
- náʼáłʼahNavajo, Navaho
- rzeźnik, rujnować, masakrować, masarzPolish
- talhante, cortar, açougueira, abater, açougueiro, trucidar, talhar, massacrarPortuguese
- bacher, batger, mazlerRomansh
- omorî, măcelar, tăia, măcelăriRomanian
- мясникRussian
- mesar, месарSerbo-Croatian
- stycka, charkuterist, slakta, slaktare, styckareSwedish
- mchinjajiSwahili
- కసాయిTelugu
- คนขายเนื้อThai
- kasapTurkish
- butcherUkrainian
- قصائی, قصابUrdu
- người hàng thịtVietnamese
- miticöpön, mipugan, mitihicöpan, miticöpan, mipugön, mitijicöpanVolapük
- manguinresse, mangon, botchresse, botchîWalloon
- קצבֿים, קצבֿYiddish
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