Butcher

//ˈbʊt͡ʃ.ɚ//

Synonyms for "butcher" (245 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Strong matches (74)

Related words (122)

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365 translations across 107 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • maqellar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Ancient Greek

4 entries
  • μάγειρος noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • σφαγεύς noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • σφαγεύς noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • ἄρταμος noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Arabic

4 entries
  • جزار noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • جزار noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • جَزَّار noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • جَزَّار noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Armenian

4 entries
  • մսագործ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • մսագործ noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • մսավաճառ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • մորթել verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • cãrnar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • cãsap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • hãsap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কচাই noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Avar

1 entries
  • къасабчи noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qəssab noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • ətçi noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Basque

2 entries
  • harakin noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • odolzale noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • кат noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • мясні́к noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • мясні́к noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কসাই noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • каса́пин noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • каса́пин noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • каса́пка noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • каса́пка noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Burmese

1 entries
  • သားသတ်သမား noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Catalan

3 entries
  • carnisser noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • carnisser noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • carnissera noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قەساب noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Chechen

1 entries
  • хаспанча noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 屠夫 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • 屠夫 noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • 屠戶 /屠户 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • 賣肉者 /卖肉者 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Cornish

2 entries
  • kiger noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • kigores noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Czech

3 entries
  • řeznice noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • řezník noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • porážet verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Danish

1 entries
  • slagter noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Dongxiang

1 entries
  • migvachi noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Dutch

4 entries
  • beenhouwer noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slachter noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • slager noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • afslachten verb (kill brutally)

Egyptian

2 entries
  • i-mn:n-H-T30-A1 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • z:f:T-T30 verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • buĉistino noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • buĉisto noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • buĉi verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lihunik noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Faroese

2 entries
  • slaktari noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slátrari noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lihakauppias noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • lihanleikkaaja noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • teurastaja noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • teurastaja noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

French

4 entries
  • boucher noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • bouchère noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • abattre verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
  • abattre verb (kill brutally)

Friulian

1 entries
  • macelâ verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Gagauz

1 entries
  • kasap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Galician

3 entries
  • beche noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • buxeo noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • carniceiro noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ყასაბი noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • ყასაბი noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • დაკვლა verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

German

4 entries
  • Fleischer noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • Fleischerin noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • Fleischhacker noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • Fleischhackerin noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Greek

4 entries
  • κρεοπώλης noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • μακελάρης noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • σφαγέας noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • χασάπης noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • קַצָּב noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • שׁוֹחֵט noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Hindi

4 entries
  • कसाई noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • कसाई noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • कस्साई noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • कस्साब noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hentes noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • hóhér noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • mozgóárus noun (person who sells candy, drinks, etc.)
  • mészáros noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • slátrari noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Ido

4 entries
  • buchero noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • buchisto noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • karno-vendisto noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • karnovendisto noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • jagal noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • tukang daging noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • menjagal verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
  • menjagal verb (kill brutally)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • mäsnikkä noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Irish

2 entries
  • búistéir noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • feolaire noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Italian

4 entries
  • carnefice noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • macellaia noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • macellaio noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • macellaio noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 肉屋 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • 屠殺する verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • етші noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • қасапшы noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • сою verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គោឃាតក៍ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • អ្នកលក់សាច់ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Korean

1 entries
  • 푸주한 noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • касапчы noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Ladino

1 entries
  • kasap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຄົນຂາຍຊີ້ນ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • kaut verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Latin

2 entries
  • lanius noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • macellārius noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Latvian

3 entries
  • miesniece noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • miesnieks noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • kaut verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Lezgi

1 entries
  • кьасабчи noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Limburgish

4 entries
  • slechter noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • aafslechte verb (kill brutally)
  • slechte verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
  • slechte verb (kill brutally)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • mėsininkas noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • rěznica noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • rěznik noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • касап noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • касап noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • колач noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • месар noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Malay

1 entries
  • tukang daging noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഇറച്ചിവെട്ടുകാരൻ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • കശാപ്പുകാരൻ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Maltese

1 entries
  • biċċier noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Middle English

2 entries
  • bocher noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • bocher noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • яргачин noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Navajo

1 entries
  • náʼáłʼah verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • chianchiere noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Norman

1 entries
  • bouochi noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • qesab noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • serjêker noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • slakte verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
  • slakte verb (kill brutally)
  • slakte verb (ruin something)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • slakter noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slakter noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • slaktar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slaktar noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • قصاب noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • قصاب noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Pashto

1 entries
  • قصاب noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Persian

1 entries
  • قَصّاب noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Fleescha noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Polish

4 entries
  • kat noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • masarka noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • masarz noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • rzeźniczka noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • açougueira noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • açougueiro noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • carniceiro noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • talhante noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Quechua

1 entries
  • ñak'aq noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Romanian

4 entries
  • casap noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • măcelar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • măcelar noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • măcelăreasă noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Romansch

3 entries
  • bacher noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • batger noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mazler noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Russian

3 entries
  • мясни́к noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • мясни́к noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • пала́ч noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • feòladair noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kasapinka noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • kàsapin noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mȅsarica noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mȅsār noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • bucceri noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • ghiancheri noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • ucceri noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • vucceri noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Slovak

2 entries
  • mäsiar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mäsiarka noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Slovene

2 entries
  • mesar noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mesarka noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Spanish

4 entries
  • carnicera noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • carnicero noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • carnicero noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • matarife noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Swahili

2 entries
  • bucha noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mchinjaji noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Swedish

4 entries
  • charkuterist noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slaktare noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • slaktare noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • styckare noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • mamamatay-tao noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • manlalapa noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • matador noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • tagalapa noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Tajik

2 entries
  • гӯштфурӯш noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • қассоб noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Tatar

1 entries
  • итче noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Telugu

2 entries
  • కసాయి noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • కసాయి noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)

Thai

1 entries
  • คนขายเนื้อ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཤ་ཁང noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Turkish

4 entries
  • kasap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • batırmak verb (ruin something)
  • kesmek verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)
  • sıçıp sıvamak verb (ruin something)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gassap noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • кат noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • м'яса́р noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • м'яса́рка noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • м'ясни́к noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Urdu

4 entries
  • بُوچَڑ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • قَصائی noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • قَصائی noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • قَصّاب noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قاسساپ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qassob noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • người hàng thịt noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Volapük

3 entries
  • mipugan noun (brutal or indiscriminate killer)
  • mipugön verb (kill brutally)
  • miticöpön verb (slaughter animals and prepare meat for market)

Walloon

4 entries
  • botchresse noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • botchî noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • mangon noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • manguinresse noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cigydd noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • itsįʼ nyiłgeeshí noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • קצבֿ noun (person who prepares and sells meat)
  • שוחט noun (person who prepares and sells meat)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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That ugly butcher resembles that fictional monster.

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The butcher who sold me this beef is always friendly.

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A butcher deals in meat.

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He set up as a butcher.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.