Bully

//ˈbʊli//

Synonyms for "bully" (672 found)

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Closest matches (135)

browbeat bravo browbeater cow domineer hector intimidate push around ride roughshod over strong arm thug ace-high admirable annoyer antaeus atlas awe bad badgerer bang up

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Verb(9 words)

browbeat hector push around strong-arm ballyrag boss around buffalo bulldoze bullyrag

Noun(35 words)

ruffian babber chuck duck fam old bean abbot agitator babe baby babycakes bae billy bludger boaster braggadocio bredrin bruv bubba bud

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buddo buddy bully-off buttercup butty cabbage chaver chickabiddy chickadee china chum cobber cock cock-bawd cocker

Adjective(18 words)

a+a-plus ace admirable awe-inspiring awesome bang on bang-up based beneship bitching bomb brilliant cher choice chronic chur cock on

Adjective(1 words)

bang-up

Intj(3 words)

bravissimo bravo cock on

Strong matches (201)

Noun(59 words)

compadre companion comrade cove crony cupcake cutie dag dalaal darling dawg dear dear heart dearest dearie dearling dialectal (chiefly geordie doll doodlebug dove

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compel competitor contender contestant cool corking crackerjack cutthroat cyclops dandy dashing daunt delicious demoralize desperado despotize devil disputant domineer over dragoon

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Intj(22 words)

congrats congratulations encore fair fucks full marks get you good for someone good for you good going good job good on someone good on you good show good work hats off hon hoorah hooray hurrah hurray

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huzza huzzah

Adjective(24 words)

cool copacetic crackerjack cushty dank dashing def dope excellent exceptional fab fabulous fantabulosa fantastic finger-lickin' good fire fireball first-rate fly frabjous

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gnarly goated great grouse

Adjective(5 words)

corking cracking dandy great groovy

Verb(8 words)

cow dastardize daunt dishearten do down domineer drive intimidate

Related words (336)

jolly jouster junk just dandy keen keep down keep under killer knight lord it over mad dog marvellous marvelous marvy mean menace militant muscle man nag neat

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nifty nobby nudnik nudzh ok okay oppress oppressor out of sight out of this world out-herod herod overawe overbear overmaster override pander pastrami peachy peachy-keen persecute persecutor pest pesterer pick pimp plaguer plug ugly plug-ugly polyphemus ponce powerhouse press heavy on prey push quarreler rage railroad rant ranter rave raver repress ride ride over rioter ripping rival roast beef roister roisterer rollick rough rowdy ruffian ruffle rum sabreur sadist sailing vessel salt beef samson scrapper scrumptious scuffler shame shanghai slang slap-up smashing solid something else spiffing spiffy splendid splutter sputter squabbler stalwart steamroller storm streetfighter strong man strong-arm strong-arm man strong-armer struggler stunning subjugate suet super superb superior superman suppress swagger swaggerer swashbuckle swashbuckler swasher swell swingeing sword swordplayer swordsman systematically terrorize tarzan tease teaser terrorise terrorize the mighty the strong threaten tilter titan top notch torment tormentor torture tough tough guy tower of strength trample down trample upon tread down tread upon tussler twist tyrannize tyrannize over tyrant unman use violence vapor vaporer vessel victimize victimizer walk all over walk over weigh heavy on well done wizard worthy wrangler yacht

Intj(13 words)

jolly good show keep it up kudos mazal tov mazel tov nice one proper job right on shabash there you go way to go well done well said

Adjective(9 words)

keen neat nifty not bad old peachy slap-up smashing swell

Adjective(44 words)

kicking killer lash lautitious lit marvelous nang out of sight outstanding peng phat phenomenal pukka quality rad radical rum sick slap-up slick

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spiffing splendid sterling studly super superb superior sweet swell terrific tight top top shelf top-drawer top-hole top-notch top-of-the-range top-shelf topping tubular wicked wicked pissah wonderful worldie

Noun(100 words)

kidder kith knight in shining armor lambchop lambkin lass lass (archaic except uk liefling little one loudmouth lout love lovebug loveling lover lovie luvvy m'dear mack mack daddy

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Verb(4 words)

menace pick at ride roughshod over swagger

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

20 entries

aggressor assailant assaulter attacker blarney cajole coax goon hood hoodlum intimidate inveigle palaver punk strong-armer sweet-talk

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Synonyms

25 entries

bang up bravo browbeat browbeater cow dashing domineer excellent hector henchman hired thug intimidate marvellous marvelous pimp ponce

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at location

1 entries

school

capable of

8 entries

box ears call names corner needle weakling push around start fight starting fight trip nerd

causes desire

1 entries

hurt else

derived

27 entries

American bully XL bully antibully bulliable bulliness bully XL bully boy bully pulpit bully stick bully tree bully-boy bully-off bullyable bullycide bullydom bullyee

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etymologically related_to

2 entries

boy bull

has context

6 entries

dialectal field hockey irish mining slang us

is a

4 entries

attacker hood person video game

not desires

1 entries

show mercy

related to

29 entries

aggressively brackishwater brisk brother bully beef companion comrade cruel darling dashing excellent fellow field game for freshwater hammer

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similar

1 entries

good

Translations

214 translations across 49 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

boelie noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Arabic

2 entries

مُتَنَمِّر noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
مُسْتَأْسِد noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Armenian

1 entries

խուլիգան noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Basque

1 entries

jazarlea noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Bulgarian

4 entries

първокласен adj (very good; excellent)
главоре́з noun (a hired thug)
побо́йник noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
хулига́н noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Catalan

1 entries

assetjador noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏁᏄᎵᎠ verb (to intimidate)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

蝦 /虾 verb (to intimidate)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

土霸 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
暴徒 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
霸凌者 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
侮慢 verb (to intimidate)

Czech

4 entries

prvotřídní adj (very good; excellent)
skvělý adj (very good; excellent)
super adj (very good; excellent)
násilník noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Danish

4 entries

fin adj (very good; excellent)
udmærket adj (very good; excellent)
fint intj (well done!)
udmærket intj (well done!)

Dutch

4 entries

pestkop noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
treiteraar noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
wreedaard noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
jennen verb (to intimidate)

Esperanto

4 entries

brave intj (well done!)
tirano noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
ĉikani verb (to intimidate)
ĉikani verb (to act aggressively towards)

Estonian

4 entries

kiusaja noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
riiukukk noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
türann noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
kiusama verb (to intimidate)

Finnish

4 entries

kiusaaja noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
palkattu pahoinpitelijä noun (a hired thug)
kiusata verb (to intimidate)
kiusata verb (to act aggressively towards)

French

4 entries

génial adj (very good; excellent)
top adj (very good; excellent)
bravo intj (well done!)
brimeur noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Galician

4 entries

bragoleán noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
bravoeiro noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
cacheteiro noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
matón m tasqueirón noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Georgian

1 entries

მოძალადე noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

German

4 entries

Bully noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
Rabauke noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
Schikaneur noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
Tyrann noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐍃 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Greek

1 entries

νταής noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Hebrew

1 entries

בִּרְיוֹן noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Hindi

4 entries

क्रूर noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
दबंग noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
धौँसिया noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
धौंसबाज noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Hungarian

1 entries

megfélemlít verb (to intimidate)

Icelandic

2 entries

hrekkjusvín noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
leggja í einelti verb (to intimidate)

Ingrian

1 entries

puruli noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Irish

3 entries

ansmachtaí noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
bulaí noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
ansmachtaigh verb (to intimidate)

Italian

4 entries

arrogante noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
bullo noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
prepotente noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
smargiasso noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Japanese

3 entries

苛め noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
苛めっ子 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
苛める verb (to intimidate)

Khmer

1 entries

អ្នកធ្វើបាប noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Korean

3 entries

괴롭히는 사람 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
깡패 noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
괴롭히다 verb (to intimidate)

Latin

2 entries

grassātor noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
grassātor noun (a hired thug)

Macedonian

4 entries

о́дличен adj (very good; excellent)
бра́во intj (well done!)
на́силник noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
си́лник noun (a hired thug)

Mongolian

1 entries

дээрэлхэх noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Māori

4 entries

hawai noun (a small freshwater fish)
kaiwhakaweti noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
kaiwhakawetiweti noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
tītarakura noun (a small freshwater fish)

Norman

1 entries

bruta noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Norwegian

1 entries

mobbe verb (to intimidate)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

bølle noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Polish

2 entries

łobuz noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
znęcać się verb (to intimidate)

Portuguese

4 entries

valente adj (very good; excellent)
bravo intj (well done!)
rufia noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
rufião noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Romanian

2 entries

tiran noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
intimida verb (to intimidate)

Russian

4 entries

головоре́з noun (a hired thug)
громи́ла noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
забия́ка noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
зади́ра noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

burraidh noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
maoidhear noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
pulaidh noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
maoidh verb (to intimidate)

Spanish

4 entries

bravo intj (well done!)
abusador noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
abusón noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
bravucón noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)

Swedish

2 entries

mobbare noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
mobba verb (to intimidate)

Thai

2 entries

คนพาล noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
ข่มเหงรังแก verb (to intimidate)

Turkish

2 entries

zorba noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
zorbalık etmek verb (to act aggressively towards)

Ukrainian

3 entries

забія́ка noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
хуліга́н noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
хуліган verb (to intimidate)

Vietnamese

3 entries

đầu gấu noun (a person who is intentionally cruel to others)
bắt nạt verb (to intimidate)
bắt nạt verb (to act aggressively towards)

Sample sentences

33 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Go and beat up that bully.

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He used to bully his friends.

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He just loves to bully people.

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Every playground has its bully.

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