Synonyms of bull

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noun (1)

as in edict

an order publicly issued by an authority

the head office issued a bull banning the use of alcohol at all on-site social functions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• edict
• decree
• ruling
• directive
• decision
• proclamation
• fiat
• resolution
• declaration
• announcement
• opinion
• judgement
• diktat
• determination
• diagnosis
• verdict
• ukase
• judgment
• pronouncement
• rescript
• conclusion
• deliverance
• dictum
• manifesto
• call
• canon
• encyclical

bull

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noun (2)

ˈbu̇l 

slang

as in policeman

a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level

the town's drug dealers and bulls were well acquainted with one another

Synonyms & Similar Words

• policeman
• cop
• officer
• constable
• sheriff
• copper
• gendarme
• bobby
• police officer
• lawman
• fuzz
• police
• dick
• flatfoot
• inspector
• investigator
• shamus
• detective
• trooper
• constabulary
• man
• patrolman
• marshal
• sergeant
• marshall
• lieutenant
• policewoman
• police force
• sleuth
• peace officer
• operative
• sleuthhound
• sherlock
• hawkshaw
• captain
• private eye
• private detective
• plainclothesman
• gumshoe
• heat
• private investigator

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

bull

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noun (3)

slang

1

as in rhetoric

boastful speech or writing

an interview filled with the usual bull about how seriously she takes the art of acting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• brag
• hot air
• rhodomontade
• rodomontade
• gas
• chatter
• bombast
• magniloquence
• rant
• gasconade
• braggadocio
• grandiloquence
• bluster
• fanfaronade
• wind
• oratory
• cockalorum
• pomposity
• jawing
• rhapsody
• babble
• prattle
• gabble
• turgidity
• verbosity
• drivel
• gibberish
• prating
• jabber
• bloviation
• windiness
• swagger
• egotism
• patter
• gibber
• yammering
• blab
• vaunt
• self-importance
• self-conceit

2

as in nuts

language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense

a guy who's always trying to sell some sucker a line of bull

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nuts
• nonsense
• garbage
• stupidity
• drool
• rubbish
• blah
• silliness
• muck
• jazz
• boloney
• baloney
• bunk
• beans
• trash
• foolishness
• crock
• craziness
• balderdash
• hogwash
• punk
• insanity
• hooey
• malarky
• claptrap
• falderal
• buncombe
• fudge
• rot
• twaddle
• madness
• fiddle
• malarkey
• guff
• poppycock
• blah-blah
• blatherskite
• bosh
• trumpery
• flapdoodle
• bunkum
• bilge
• tarradiddle
• folderol
• hokum
• humbuggery
• tosh
• blither
• codswallop
• tommyrot
• blather
• piffle
• drivel
• blarney
• fiddlesticks
• absurdity
• folly
• nerts
• horsefeathers
• hokeypokey
• crapola
• taradiddle
• moonshine
• fiddle-faddle
• hoodoo
• humbug
• applesauce
• flannel
• senselessness
• absurdness
• idiocy
• gas
• slush
• greek
• foolery
• tomfoolery
• imbecility
• lunacy
• inanity
• monkey business
• kookiness
• inaneness
• asininity
• rigamarole
• fatuity
• hot air
• witlessness
• rigmarole
• hocus-pocus
• monkeyshine(s)
• double-talk
• shenanigan(s)
• hoity-toity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rationality
• reasonableness
• sense
• common sense
• horse sense
• judgment
• sensibleness
• judgement
• reasonability
• wisdom
• levelheadedness
• discernment

bull

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verb (1)

as in to push

to force one's way

the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• push
• squeeze
• muscle
• bore
• elbow
• shove
• shoulder
• jam
• press
• crash
• thrust
• jostle
• ram
• bulldoze

bull

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verb (2)

slang

as in to brag

to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess

no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market

Synonyms & Similar Words

• brag
• boast
• blow
• crow
• display
• vapor
• swagger
• pride
• exhibit
• blow smoke
• vaunt
• gasconade
• parade
• bluster
• harangue
• glory
• gush
• puff
• expose
• show off
• maximize
• flaunt
• exult
• rejoice
• brandish
• glorify
• magnify

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pooh
• minimize
• discount
• play down
• diminish
• laugh off
• shrug off
• belittle
• underrate
• undervalue
• deprecate
• regret
• lament
• mourn
• pooh-pooh
• bemoan

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bull

Noun

Non-venomous serpents include rat, garter, bull and water snakes. —Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025

Oppenheimer just revised its 2025 year-end forecast to become the biggest bull on Wall Street once again. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 28 July 2025

Verb

Then Thursday being an off-day, there’s a potential to bull pen it or come up with something else in the interim. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025

Fullback Tyler Crowe took a handoff and burst through a huge hole in the line before bulling his way into the end zone at the 8:41 mark of the second quarter. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025

Phrases Containing bull

• pit bull