butch

adjective

Definition of butchnext
as in tomboyish

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Recent Examples of butch 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 Over the past 3 ½ years, the YouTube show has added some new characters, including Burrita’s mom and an on-and-off love interest, a butch lesbian wolf. — Francisco Tijerina, The Conversation, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for butch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butch
  1. tomboyish
  2. Amazonian
  3. macho
  4. masculine
  5. boyish
  6. manly
  7. hypermasculine
Adjective
  • 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
  • Both those films centered on women whose grim worlds were closing in on them — a tomboyish auto mechanic in Closeness; a nurse and the frontline friend who turns on her in Beanpole.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 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
  • The headlong pacing allows nary a breather, though there are enough wry notes, character quirks and offbeat details (remote-control doors, goats, a knife fight on a waterbed) to prevent macho monotony from setting in.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026
  • The macho myth Decades of research undercut Hegseth’s core claim that more testosterone means a more aggressive, dominant, masculine man.
    — Adam Stanaland, The Conversation, 20 July 2026
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • Custom pieces were also trending this red-carpet, with more masculine, blinged-out, and colorful suits were the center of the carpet.
    — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Suede shirt + camo capris + gold accents One of the easiest ways to look like a fashion insider is juxtaposing masculine and feminine elements in one outfit.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 28 July 2026
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • Despite—or, rather, because of—his boyish charm, Holland has reached the peak of male movie stardom.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 28 July 2026
  • At sixty-six, Araki maintains his mop of boyish dark hair and arch, flirtatious disposition.
    — Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 26 July 2026
Definition of boyish
Adjective
  • 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
  • Odysseus, manly and strong, is catnip to all kinds of scheming women.
    — Jim Beckerman, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of manly
Adjective
  • The pressures to look a certain way — hypermasculine, muscular and stylish, for example, among certain subsets of gay men, can be just as harsh and punishing.
    — Stephanie Fairyington, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Cowboy hats, jeans, a lot of alcohol and bull riding combine into a special mix of hypermasculine rituals at Mexican rodeo shows.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
Definition of hypermasculine

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“Butch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butch. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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