Synonyms for butterfly
ˈbʌt ərˌflaɪbut·ter·f·ly

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. butterflynoun

   Synonyms:
   lep

2. butterflynoun

   To cut almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

   Synonyms:
   lep

3. butterflynoun

   To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across a gaping wound to close it.

   Synonyms:
   lep

4. butterflynoun

   The butterfly stroke.

   Synonyms:
   lep

5. butterflynoun

   A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

   butterfly tape

   Synonyms:
   lep

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butterflynoun

   diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

   Synonyms:
   butterfly stroke

2. butterfly, butterfly strokeverb

   a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

   Synonyms:
   butterfly stroke

3. butterflyverb

   flutter like a butterfly

   Synonyms:
   romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

4. butterflyverb

   cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking

   "butterflied shrimp"

   Synonyms:
   romance, coquet, chat up, philander, mash, flirt, coquette, dally

5. chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mashverb

   talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

   "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"

   Synonyms:
   flirt, crush, womanise, court, squelch, solicit, play, dally, coquette, coquet, romance, comminute, dawdle, toy, woo, bray, womanize, grind, squeeze, philander, crunch, mash, chat up, squash, trifle

Matched Categories

1. • Cooking
   • Flit
   • Lepidopterous Insect
   • Spread
   • Talk

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "butterfly":

   papillon, moth, butterflies, mariposa, farfalla, throttle, tie

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. butterfly

   Synonyms:
   Butterfly rash, see there
   

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1. Josh Gad:

   Fly like a butterfly.

2. Corrie Moreau:

   The Xerces blue butterfly was the first insect in United States that was documented to be driven to extinction by human activities.

3. Li Bingjie:

   We were inspired by her 200 butterfly and we were excited, it made us determined to do our best at the relay.

4. Jennifer Lopez:

   When I sat there, I was in my hair and makeup trailer, and heres what I felt. In my belly, I felt a flutter. I felt like a little butterfly in my stomach, and immediately I knew that I had life inside of me. the doctor says, you see that right there, that little grain of rice ? Thats the baby. You see that other little grain of rice over here ? Thats the other baby.

5. Maya Angelou:

   We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.