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. Corrie Moreau:

   Museomics is the use of museum collections for genome sequencing and other analytical techniques that could not even be imagined when the majority of museum specimens were collected, what makes this so groundbreaking is that we can address questions that can not be answered any other way. This study is a great example of this since we can not go out and collect the Xerces blue butterfly and the only way to address genetic questions about this species is by turning to museum collections.

2. Wesley D'Amico:

   If the butterfly gives its wings to the slug, both of them will not fly.

3. New York manager Joe Girardi:

   It's like hitting a butterfly, i thought we had better swings tonight than we did the other night. We just weren't able to score any runs.

4. Rachel Maginn Rosser:

   She was in the best shape of her life. She was working out five times a week with a personal trainer. She loved to go out and have fun. She was a social butterfly. And she got sick, and it was just a slow decline from there.

5. Andre Simpson:

   We did analysis on the butterfly. It felt rubbery to touch, with a waxy surface that repelled water.