Synonyms for butcher

Synonyms for (noun) butcher

Synonyms: bumbler, bungler, butcher, blunderer, botcher, fuckup, fumbler, stumbler, sad sack

Definition: someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence

Similar words: incompetent, incompetent person

Definition: someone who is not competent to take effective action


Synonyms: butcher, slaughterer

Definition: a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market

Similar words: skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker

Definition: a worker who has acquired special skills


Synonyms: butcher

Definition: a brutal indiscriminate murderer

Similar words: murderer, manslayer, liquidator

Definition: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)


Synonyms: butcher, meatman

Definition: a retailer of meat

Similar words: merchandiser, merchant

Definition: a businessperson engaged in retail trade


Synonyms for (verb) butcher

Synonyms: slaughter, butcher

Definition: kill (animals) usually for food consumption

Usage: They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter

Similar words: kill

Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays


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