1
: suggestive of a bull (as in brawniness)
2
a
: marked by, tending to cause, or hopeful of rising prices (as in a stock market)
a bullish market
bullish policies
bullish investors
b
: optimistic about something's or someone's prospects
bullish on the company's future
bullishly
adverb
bullishness
noun
Examples of bullish in a Sentence
Members of her party are bullish about her reelection.
They are bullish about the future of the product.
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Analysts are mostly bullish on D-Wave.
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
The new project, while different in form, appears no less bullish.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2025
After his decades working for multilateral organizations—the World Bank, the ADB, and now the AIIB—Jin remains a fan of multilateralism and is bullish on the prospects for global governance.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
The House Democrats’ campaign arm is adding five seats to its 2026 offensive battleground target list as recent election wins have made the party feel increasingly bullish about next year’s midterms.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025
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Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
The new project, while different in form, appears no less bullish.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2025
After his decades working for multilateral organizations—the World Bank, the ADB, and now the AIIB—Jin remains a fan of multilateralism and is bullish on the prospects for global governance.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025
The House Democrats’ campaign arm is adding five seats to its 2026 offensive battleground target list as recent election wins have made the party feel increasingly bullish about next year’s midterms.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 10 Dec. 2025
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“Bullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bullish. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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