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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How to use butterfly in a sentence?

1. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   When I see a dancing butterfly, when I see a half blooming flower, their eager wish to make this world happy, my mind dances with joy, my soul emerges in happiness.

2. Wesley D'Amico:

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

3. Andre Simpson:

   The butterfly is essentially made from fat, which means it is biodegradable.

4. Richard Bach:

   The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.

5. Muhammad Ali:

   Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.