Synonyms of butt

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noun (1)

ˈbət 

as in backside

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

• backside
• buttocks
• tail
• seat
• rump
• rear
• bum
• cheeks
• bottom
• fanny
• posterior
• behind
• tush
• buns
• booty
• haunches
• caboose
• heinie
• derriere
• hams
• keister
• breech
• duff
• tail end
• rear end
• beam
• fundament
• nates
• can
• 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
• 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
• vat
• scuttlebutt
• cistern
• can

butt

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verb

as in to kick

Related 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
• club
• maul
• box
• clap
• pelt
• whip
• slash
• slug
• pommel
• lash
• hit
• punch
• 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
• bop
• clout
• thwack
• switch
• bob
• bat
• whale
• rap
• bludgeon
• bonk
• smite
• lambaste
• skull
• flog
• thrash
• sledgehammer
• tag
• slam
• nail
• rabbit-punch
• pound
• wallop
• swipe
• conk
• paste
• clobber
• beat
• bash
• biff
• slog
• strike

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of butt

Noun

Sacramento County is taking on some of the world’s largest tobacco companies — not over smoking, but over the billions of cigarette butts discarded every year and who should pay to clean them up. — Reeti Malhotra july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Ford ended up selling less than one-third of that target, and the Edsel’s design became the butt of jokes. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Verb

Putting Rue’s apolitical faith in nationalist terms for the show’s closing image reads like one last thumbing of the nose that butts up against the season’s occasional naked sincerity. — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 June 2026

Officials also said Makary butted heads with other health officials and was seen as struggling to manage his agency. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026

Phrases Containing butt

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