Bully Synonyms and Antonyms

bo͝olē
One who is habitually cruel to smaller or weaker people
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hector
  2. ruffian
  3. tough
  4. rowdy
  5. tormentor
  6. browbeater
  7. bulldozer
  8. blusterer
  9. martinet
  10. hooligan
  11. intimidator
  12. roisterer
  13. tyrant
  14. rough
  15. roughneck
  16. brave
  17. briareus
  18. polyphemus
  19. yob
  20. swaggerer
  21. tarzan
  22. yobo
  23. yobbo
  24. annoyer
  25. harasser
  26. plaguer
Domineer
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. browbeat
  2. tyrannize
  3. domineer
  4. strong-arm
  5. bullyrag
  6. harass
  7. ballyrag
  8. boss-around
  9. hector
  10. push-around
  11. swagger
Antonyms:
  1. leave-alone
  2. cajole
  3. flatter
  4. urge
  5. allow
To treat in an overbearing or intimidating manner.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. intimidate

Words Related to Bully

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Bully Sentence Examples

  • The bully will now be more inclined to leave the kid alone.

  • Rostov went on ahead to do what was asked, and to his great surprise learned that Dolokhov the brawler, Dolokhov the bully, lived in Moscow with an old mother and a hunchback sister, and was the most affectionate of sons and brothers.

  • It seems almost normal to bully or be bullied at school.

  • Two kids plotting against a bully, exploring new haunts, exchanging secrets, making up games and building a club house together.

  • His old man was a miner and lived in Ouray when Fitzgerald was a kid—a snot-nosed bully, I suspect.

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