BUTCH Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

butch

adjective

Definition of butch

as in tomboyish

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Recent Examples of butch Good was in a relationship with a woman, and her partner, who is butch, spoke impertinently to an ICE officer, so there, Good wasn’t your average white mother after all. — M. Gessen, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026 There are still so few stories about butch women, transmasculine, genderqueer, or nonbinary bodies—the kind of bodies that have been called monstrous all our lives. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 Next year the more butch EX60 Cross Country model will arrive for a different vibe. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 21 Jan. 2026 In addition to the co-star of I Saw the TV Glow, there’s also Margaret Cho (playing the hot older butch girlfriend to Haven’s more femme character), Dominique Jackson, Tomás Matos, Katy O’Brian, and more. — James Factora, Them., 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for butch

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Adjective

Alex, pointedly called Alexa by her mother (Florencia Lozano), who hates Alex’s tomboyish style, works in a bodega and looks after her brother a lot.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Aug. 2026
Embrace those tomboyish vibes with a coordinated set like Bella Hadid's powder-blue look, or give them a fashion-forward twist by pairing them with a statement top like Palmer.

— Maggie Kreienberg, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026

Definition of tomboyish

Adjective

These benefits are derived from a number of oils harvested from Amazonian trees, niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, and allantoin.

— Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 14 June 2026
The trees that returned fastest were generalists, species with broad geographic ranges that can survive in both forest and savanna environments, rather than the specialist species characteristic of the humid Amazonian forest.

— Bree Shirvell, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2026

Definition of Amazonian

Adjective

Set in the northern Italy’s Po Valley, Before the War revolves around a young man raised in a violent, racist and macho milieu, and his encounter with Sonia, a young Kosovar immigrant.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Both brothers have grown their following of mainly young men by building a lavish, hyper-macho image of driving fast cars and dating beautiful women.

— Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of macho

Adjective

Bouncing back against the strictly masculine norms of his hometown, Bobby comes off as the most emotionally intelligent and self-confident member of King of the Hill’s cast.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
In prison, which is a hyper-masculine space, there was this subtle thinking about masculinity.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of masculine

Adjective

Here, the wealthy and asthmatic young politician, bolstered by time spent outside among manly men, grew strong enough to meet his destiny.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
In a world that had long equated labor with the physical act of making things, such a shift was seen as not terribly manly, and potentially dangerous to society as a whole.

— Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 23 July 2026

Definition of manly

Adjective

Many of Mifune's films cast him in hypermasculine roles, though Mifune’s performances were often layered.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
The Tate brothers, who openly describe themselves as misogynists, built a global following by promoting a lavish, hypermasculine lifestyle through their social media empire.

— Jonny Hallam, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hypermasculine

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