BUTCHERS Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

butchers 1 of 2

noun

plural of butcher

as in blunderers

someone who bungles an effort the newest intern on the campaign is a butcher when it comes to writing press releases

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butchers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of butcher

as in slaughters

to kill on a large scale the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

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as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the new piano student butchered the sonatina

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Recent Examples of butchers

Noun

From all directions at once, the butchers were crushing toward the exits, holding their boning knives and cleavers aloft. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The local cheesemonger, the corner coffee shop, the butchers, the bakers, the wine merchants—they're all within arm’s reach. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026 As the operation grows across the city-wide black market, their ambitions clash with corrupt authorities, rival butchers and a shifting political landscape, pushing the family toward dangerous alliances and violent consequences. —

John Hopewell, Variety, 19 Apr. 2026 Anthrax underfoot Most cases of human anthrax result from working with animals – an occupational hazard for tanners, wool sorters and butchers. —

Hannah Kinzer, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2026 Buchsbaum described a mid-20th-century American Jewish landscape in which nearly every community had kosher butchers and caterers because even many non-Orthodox families expected bar mitzvahs, weddings and other celebrations to be kosher. —

Asaf Elia-Shalev, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026 Not all fast-food cheeseburgers are created equal, according to award-winning butchers who work with quality beef every day. —

Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026 In time, the connection between Irish consumers and kosher butchers and the ready availability of beef both helped make corned beef an Irish American tradition. —

Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026 At Nadeau’s Ice Sculptures, the oldest carving factory in America, a team of former archaeologists and butchers creates ephemeral art designed to be licked, touched, and eventually, lost. —

Blair Braverman, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026

Verb

Stanley Tucci is back as Nigel, Miranda’s unfailingly loyal consigliere, who never butchers a bon mot or wears the same pocket square twice. —

Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026 The face of the already iconic series is the enigmatic Art the Clown, a demonic serial killer who butchers the inhabitants of the fictitious Miles County, New York. —

Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025

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And then there is a gory massacre scene from the original Camp Miasma, in which Little Death (played by TV Glow‘s Jack Haven) slaughters dozens of unlucky campers to a highly unusual, anachronistic hit song from the 1990s.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
Meanwhile, Du-yeong slaughters an entire building of bloodhounds in the search for So-yeon.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Apr. 2026