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

The six-point bull turned broadside, and Teig pulled his arrow back. —Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025

The Brooks bull, an enormous Rocky Mountain elk tagged in Washington state in December, is officially the new nontypical archery world-record, the Pope and Young Club announced Tuesday. —Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025

Verb

In fact, after an incompletion Denegal ran around the right side and bulled his way for a nine-yard gain. —Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025

Stillwater turned the ball over on downs on its next possession, setting up a short field that led to one final Maple Grove touchdown as Harney bulled his way into the end zone from 11 yards out. —Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 Aug. 2025

Phrases Containing bull

• pit bull