Synonyms of butt

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noun (1)

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• bum
• tail
• seat
• rump
• buttocks
• backside
• fanny
• rear
• posterior
• bottom
• behind
• derriere
• tush
• buns
• booty
• haunches
• caboose
• heinie
• hams
• keister
• breech
• derrière
• duff
• tail end
• rear end
• keester
• beam
• bootie
• fundament
• can
• nates
• stern
• hunkers
• moon

butt

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noun (2)

1

as in joke

a person or thing that is made fun of

the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joke
• target
• fool
• victim
• mock
• sport
• derision
• mockery
• jest
• monkey
• sucker
• mark
• pigeon
• laughingstock
• gull
• chump
• sap
• fall guy
• dupe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• favorite
• pet
• darling

2

as in target

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule

usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• target
• victim
• prey
• sitting duck
• mark
• goat
• mockery
• laughingstock
• lightning rod
• fall guy
• scapegoat
• pilgarlic
• whipping boy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• troublemaker
• gossip
• tattletale
• tattler
• gossiper
• talebearer
• tormentor
• tease
• torturer
• tormenter
• defamer
• needler
• heckler
• traducer
• teaser
• libeler
• taunter
• ribber
• baiter
• mocker
• insulter
• scorner
• scoffer
• satirist
• libelist
• parodist
• caricaturist
• derider
• lampooner
• ridiculer

butt

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noun (3)

as in barrel

an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages

a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves

Synonyms & Similar Words

• barrel
• pipe
• keg
• cask
• hogshead
• tun
• puncheon
• tub
• firkin
• drum
• rundlet
• kilderkin
• runlet
• vat
• scuttlebutt
• cistern
• can

butt

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verb

as in to kick

Synonyms & Similar Words

• kick
• knee
• bump
• shove
• push
• jab
• poke
• tap
• stamp
• cream
• prod
• stroke
• floor
• deck
• jostle
• flick
• fell
• bunt
• dump
• knock down
• scuff
• rough
• lick
• bowl (down or over)
• level
• cane
• chop
• pepper
• smack
• spear
• cuff
• pummel
• bung
• slap
• stab
• maul
• club
• box
• clap
• pelt
• whip
• slash
• slug
• pommel
• lash
• punch
• hit
• knock
• sock
• bang
• batter
• swat
• brain
• clock
• bean
• thump
• whack
• sap
• buffet
• sucker punch
• cudgel
• bust
• mangle
• sledge
• drub
• hammer
• flail
• clip
• belt
• lace
• crack
• zap
• lambast
• bop
• clout
• thwack
• switch
• bob
• bat
• whale
• rap
• bludgeon
• bonk
• smite
• lambaste
• skull
• flog
• thrash
• sledgehammer
• tag
• slam
• nail
• pound
• rabbit-punch
• wallop
• swipe
• conk
• paste
• clobber
• beat
• bash
• biff
• slog
• strike

Phrases Containing butt

• butt (on or against)
• butt heads
• butt in
• kick butt