Synonyms of butchers

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blunderers
• incompetents
• bunglers
• blunderbusses
• bumblers
• fumblers
• botchers
• screwups
• muddlers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• experts
• masters
• adepts
• virtuosos
• wizards
• maestros
• aces
• crackerjacks

butchers

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of butcher

1

as in slaughters

to kill on a large scale

the barbarians butchered the monks in the monasteries without mercy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slaughters
• murders
• massacres
• slays
• dispatches
• mows (down)
• executes
• destroys
• assassinates
• smites
• wipes out
• snuffs
• fells
• demolishes
• eradicates
• wastes
• annihilates
• exterminates
• does in
• croaks
• decimates
• devastates
• blots out

2

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the new piano student butchered the sonatina

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• murders
• blows
• boots
• dubs
• ruins
• mangles
• spoils
• bungles
• destroys
• botches
• screws up
• muffs
• boggles
• fluffs
• flubs
• fouls up
• bobbles
• bumbles
• mutilates
• mucks up
• goofs (up)
• damages
• mars
• injures
• wrecks
• foozles
• messes (up)
• buggers (up)
• blunders
• hurts
• flaws
• louses up
• bollixes (up)
• blights
• harms
• impairs
• gums (up)
• blemishes
• muddles
• vitiates
• piffles
• mismanages
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reforms
• helps
• improves
• doctors
• enhances
• remedies
• betters
• refines
• ameliorates
• rectifies
• repairs
• meliorates
• fixes
• patches
• reconditions
• renovates
• revamps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of butchers

Noun

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

Its name derives from bundles of its tough stems, which were used in Europe by butchers to remove meat and fat from wooden chopping blocks. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 21 Feb. 2026

Soon after, the area became a hub with saloons, butchers, bakeries and department stores. —Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 13 Feb. 2026

Verb

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