Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun butcher

4 senses of butcher

Sense 1
butcher, meatman -- (a retailer of meat)
       => merchant, merchandiser -- (a businessperson engaged in retail trade)

Sense 2
butcher -- (a brutal indiscriminate murderer)
       => murderer, liquidator, manslayer -- (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

Sense 3
butcher, slaughterer -- (a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market)
       => skilled worker, trained worker, skilled workman -- (a worker who has acquired special skills)

Sense 4
bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup -- (someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence)
       => incompetent, incompetent person -- (someone who is not competent to take effective action)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb butcher

1 sense of butcher

Sense 1
butcher, slaughter -- (kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")

Antonyms of adj butch

2 senses of butch

Sense 1
butch, macho -- (used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner)

INDIRECT (VIA masculine) -> feminine -- (associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition")

Sense 2
butch -- ((of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance)

INDIRECT (VIA heterosexual, homosexual) -> bisexual -- (sexually attracted to both sexes)
INDIRECT (VIA homosexual, bisexual) -> heterosexual -- (sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex)

Similarity of adj butch

2 senses of butch

Sense 1
butch, macho -- (used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner)
       => masculine (vs. feminine) -- (associated with men and not with women)

Sense 2
butch -- ((of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance)
       => homosexual (vs. bisexual) (vs. heterosexual) -- (sexually attracted to members of your own sex)