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

Made of heavy stainless steel from the lid to the front shelf to the impossible-to-miss bull horn handle, this is a high-end cooker in every way. —Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 July 2025

Law enforcement announced the getaway just before 3:30 p.m. The bull was believed to be in the Horse Ranch subdivision, a neighborhood with nearly 100 homes. —Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 2 July 2025

Verb

Smith, who appeared in four games in three seasons in Minnesota, helped his cause by bulling his way into the backfield and sacking Zappe in the second quarter. —Joseph Person, The Athletic, 9 Aug. 2024

Pec halved the deficit in the 56th minute, bulling his way through a pair of defenders before pushing in a left-footed shot from close range for this seventh goal of the season. —Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2024

Phrases Containing bull

• pit bull