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bully

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of bully

of the very best kind
  • That's a bully idea for reviving the town's retail center.
Synonyms of bully

A-OK, A1, awesome, bang-up, banner, beautiful, blue-chip, blue-ribbon, brave, bumper, capital, choice, classic, cool [slang], corking, crackerjack, dandy, divine, dynamite, excellent, fab, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fine, first-class, first-rate, first-string, five-star, four-star, frontline, gilt-edged (or gilt-edge), grand, great, groovy, heavenly, high-class, hot, immense, jim-dandy, lovely, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, peachy, prime, prize, prizewinning, quality, sensational, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, top-of-the-line, topflight, unsurpassed, wonderful
Words Related to bully

acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, good, OK (or okay), passable, satisfactory, tolerable

better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, high-test, premium, select, special, superfine

classical, standard, traditional
Phrases Synonymous with bully

out of this world, too much
Near Antonyms of bully

bad, inferior, low-grade, substandard, unsatisfactory

mediocre, middling, second-class, second-rate
Antonyms of bully

atrocious, awful, execrable, lousy, pathetic, poor, rotten, terrible, vile, wretched

bully

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bully

a person who teases, threatens, or hurts more vulnerable persons
  • The school has a procedure for reporting problems with bullies.
Synonyms of bully

bullyboy, hector, intimidator
Words Related to bully

antagonist, enemy

abuser, baiter, giber (or jiber), harasser, harrier, heckler, mocker, needler, oppressor, persecutor, ridiculer, taunter, tease, teaser, torturer

goon, mug, rough, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, tough, toughie (also toughy)

bully

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bully

1 to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
  • The kindergarten teacher explained why it was wrong to bully classmates.
Synonyms of bully

abuse, brutalize, ill-treat, ill-use, kick around, maltreat, manhandle, mishandle, mistreat, misuse
Words Related to bully

molest, outrage, violate

harass, harm, hurt, injure, oppress, persecute, torment, torture

burn, sandbag, victimize, wrong

beat (up), mess (up), rough (up), work (over)
Phrases Synonymous with bully

take apart
Near Antonyms of bully

care (for), cherish, foster, nurture

baby, cater (to), coddle, favor, gratify, humor, indulge, mollycoddle, pamper, spoil
2 to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats
  • a manager who bullied employees
Synonyms of bully

blackjack, browbeat, bulldoze, bullyrag, cow, hector, intimidate, strong-arm
Words Related to bully

bluster

affright, alarm (also alarum), frighten, horrify, scare, shock, spook, startle, terrify

menace, terrorize, threaten

badger, harass, hound

bludgeon, coerce, compel, constrain, dragoon, force, make, oblige, press, pressure, push around

demoralize, psych (out), unman, unnerve

discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, upset
Phrases Synonymous with bully

pick on
Near Antonyms of bully

cheer, comfort, console, reassure, solace, soothe

embolden, encourage, hearten, steel

convince, persuade

Synonym Discussion of bully

intimidate, cow, bulldoze, bully, browbeat mean to frighten into submission. intimidate implies inducing fear or a sense of inferiority into another.
    • intimidated by so many other bright freshmen
cow implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost.
    • not at all cowed by the odds against making it in show business
bulldoze implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by urgings, demands, or threats.
    • bulldozed the city council into approving the plan
bully implies intimidation through threats, insults, or aggressive behavior.
    • bullied into giving up their lunch money
browbeat implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, or contemptuous treatment.
    • browbeat the witness into a contradiction

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