BUTTS Synonyms: 213 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

plural of butt

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits park your butts in the seats and keep quiet, or I'm turning this car around

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butts

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noun (2)

plural of butt

as in jokes

a person or thing that is made fun of the social outcast got tired of being the butt of everyone's jokes

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as in targets

a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule usually the U.S. Congress is the butt of the radio commentator's scathing wit

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butts

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noun (3)

plural of butt

as in barrels

an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages a butt of hard cider that we had pressed ourselves

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butts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of butt

as in knees

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The vaping industry says the technology saves lives and the cartridges are not nearly as bad a blight as cigarette butts. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Indeed, that whiskey was finished for two years in sherry butts. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 Who survives Over 50 years ago, Charlie Munger convinced his best friend, Warren Buffett, to ditch the proverbial cheap cigar butts for buying durable, high-quality businesses, centered around their economic moat. — Sanjot Malhi, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 For now, Paramount isn’t producing the billion-dollar box office smashes that drive millions of butts into theater seats (not to mention robust sales of novelty popcorn buckets). — Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026 The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026 Sacramento County is taking on some of the world’s largest tobacco companies — not over smoking, but over the billions of cigarette butts discarded every year and who should pay to clean them up. — Reeti Malhotra july 23, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026 Cigarette butts littered the ground; a motorcycle stuttered past, too loud. — Literary Hub, 13 July 2026 But disproportionately large and strong butts can lead to body imbalances that can lead to injury. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

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Rose Gray played her All Points East festival set with super-sparkled cheeks, while Lady Gaga tested out the season’s trending clavi-cut.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Lips and cheeks have been hogging all the attention recently, while lids and lashes have been going nearly naked.

— Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026

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There was nothing particularly novel about the show’s premise, but the scripts were refreshingly dense with jokes, prioritizing laughs over contrived drama or seasonlong relationship arcs.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The order, which directs federal officials to formalize the name change within 30 days, quickly sparked backlash, jokes and parody proposals.

— Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

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Over 43,300 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over Russia and illegally annexed Crimea in June, July and August, according to Defense Ministry data compiled by The Associated Press, although some clearly hit their targets.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Two of Newcastle’s top summer targets went elsewhere, despite deals being in place for both.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026
For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

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Four people with wounds were transported to Hennepin Healthcare to be treated for their injuries, where one of the victims died, Parten said Wednesday afternoon.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
The victims were identified as Michael Newman, 41, and Stephen Scott, 28, reported the Oklahoman, part of the USA TODAY Network.

— Josh Kelly, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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Rather than relying on conventional coolant pumps, the company’s design uses heat pipes to transport thermal energy from the reactor core toward the power-conversion system.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
That brine flows back to the plant through underground pipes.

— Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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