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
• virtuosi
• virtuosos
• adepts
• maestros
• wizards
• maestri
• aces
• crackajacks
• 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