butch

1. 1.

   used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner

   Synonymsmacho

   Similarmasculine
2. 2.

   (of male or female homosexuals) characterized by stereotypically male traits or appearance

   Similarhomosexual

   slang

Other forms of butch

plural

butches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about butch

What does butch mean?

butch means "(slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in butch?

butch has 1 syllable: butch. In IPA it is /ˈbʊtʃ/.

What is another word for butch?

Close synonyms include dike, dyke, crew cut, flattop, macho. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is butch a common word?

butch is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.