Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "butter" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

margarine

Typical Location

fridge homes pastry refrigerator restaurant store

Capable Of

coat frying pan spread at room temperature spread on bread

Coordinate Terms

clotted cream curdled cream double cream drippings fat lard margarine renderings shortening

Derived Terms

Cumberland rum butter almond butter almond-butter apple butter back butter back-butter bean-butter black butter blue butter body butter bog butter brandy butter bread and butter bread and butter pudding bread-and-butter bread-and-butter issue bread-and-butter letter bread-and-butter note bread-and-butter pickle bread-and-butter plate brown butter budder bull butter butter bar butter bean butter board butter boat butter bomb butter bread butter brickle butter cake butter chicken butter clam butter cream butter curler butter dish butter down butter face butter fat butter fingers butter flap butter flower butter fruit butter icing butter keeper butter lamp butter measure butter mochi butter mountain butter muslin butter my butt and call it a biscuit butter my butt and call me a biscuit butter of antimony butter of arsenic butter of tin butter of zinc butter oil butter one's bread on both sides butter out butter paddle butter paper butter pat butter pear butter pie butter plate butter salt butter scoop butter slime butter someone's biscuit butter tart butter tea butter the cony butter tofu butter tooth butter tree butter up butter will not melt in someone's mouth butter won't melt in someone's mouth butter would not melt in someone's mouth butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth butter yellow butter-and-egg man butter-and-egg money butter-and-egger butter-and-eggs butter-box butter-fat butter-fingered butter-muslin butter-slide butter-woman butterable butterbird butterburger butterbutt buttercream buttercrunch butterdock buttered butterer butterface butterfaced butterhead butterhorn buttering butterleaf butterlike butterman buttermint buttermonger butteroil butterscotch butterspoon butterwoman cacao butter cannabutter clarified butter cocoa butter compound butter cookie butter cowboy butter drawn butter duck butter egg butter fairies' butter fairy butter fine words butter no parsnips garlic butter gooey butter cake green butter guns and butter have one's bread buttered for life head butter head-butter herb butter honey butter kanya butter karite butter knob of butter know which side one's bread is buttered on kombo butter land with one's bum in the butter like a hot knife through butter like a knife through butter like butter on a bald monkey lung butter maple butter maître d' butter melt someone's butter midshipman's butter nonbutter nosebutter nosebuttered nosebuttering nun's butter nut butter nut-brown butter nutter palm butter palm-butter pea butter peanut butter peanut butter and jelly peanut butter cup peanut-butter cup peanut-butter-and-jelly peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich plant butter poor man's butter print butter process butter put butter on one's bread rebutter renovated butter rock butter rum butter school-butter shea butter shea butter tree smooth as butter snail butter snuff-and-butter sugar-butter sauce sweet butter tailbutter tailbuttered tailbuttering tanning butter truffle butter vegan butter vegetable butter whatever butters your biscuit whatever butters your biscuits whatever butters your bread whatever butters your muffin whatever butters your toast whatever melts your butter whipped butter whiskey butter whisky butter witches' butter

Derived From

butt

Distinct From

margarine oleo

Context

chemistry slang

Has Property

edible pale yellow soft yellow

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

battler belligerent combatant cover dairy product fighter scrapper solid food

Type Of (IsA)

bendable thing combatant condiment dairy product fat food grocery homogeneous structure ingredient often like solid milk mixture solid object spread yellow

Made Of

milk

Manner Of

cover

Not Has Property

alive

Receives Action

eaten eaten with toast made from churned milk made from cream made from milk served at restaurant used in many baking recipes

Related Terms

butter-ham butterface butterfly butyraceous ghee

Related Terms

and bread animal animal fat bagels bread bread and bread spread butt butt in butter ham butterfly butyraceous churn churned churned cream churned dairy churned milk churning color colour cook cook food cooking cows cream dairy dairy isle dairy produce dairy product dairy spread dice fat food from cows game ghee increase isle kitchen kitchen oil lard lightly lightly salted like like margarine made margarine margarine spread milk milk made milk product oil oleo on bagels on bread on toast pan popcorn produce product putting putting bread real real margarine salted sandwich smooth smooth as soft solid solid milk spread spread bread spreadable substance throw toast toast spread with bread yellow yellow color yellow colour yellow cream yellow lard yellow milk yellow spread

Used For

flavoring

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