Antonyms for Bully
ˈbʊl ibul·ly

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1. bullyverb

   Well done!

   She's finally leaving her abusive husband bully for her!

   Synonyms:
   ride roughshod over, super, marvellous, superb, top-notch, splendid, hector, browbeat, intimidate, marvelous, excellent, bravo, well done

2. bullynoun

   A hired thug.

   Synonyms:
   push around, ride roughshod over, henchman, thug

3. bullynoun

   A prostitute’s minder; a pimp.

   Synonyms:
   pimp, ponce

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1. bully

   Synonyms:
   swashbuckler, swaggerer, braggadocio

Matched Categories

1. • Intimidate

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.4 / 5 votes

1. bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbonoun

   a cruel and brutal fellow

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   yobo, hoodlum, toughie, rowdy, hood, bully, hooligan, goon, yobbo, yob, strong-armer, tough, roughneck, ruffian, street fighter, punk, thug

2. bullyadjective

   a hired thug

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   yobbo, tough, roughneck, hooligan, yob, ruffian, rowdy, yobo

3. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashingverb

   very good

   "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"

   Antonyms:
   bad

4. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push aroundverb

   be bossy towards

   "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   hector, strong-arm, push around, boss around, bullyrag, bully, swagger, browbeat, ballyrag

5. browbeat, bully, swaggerverb

   discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

   Antonyms:
   bad

   Synonyms:
   ballyrag, tittup, sashay, swash, swagger, boss around, strong-arm, push around, bullyrag, hector, prance, strut, bluster, ruffle, browbeat, bully, cock

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1. bullyadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Slang) jolly, jovial, fine, excellent, good

2. bullynoun

   Synonyms:
   blusterer, swaggerer, roisterer, rowdy, rough

3. bullyverb

   Synonyms:
   browbeat, overbear, swagger, bluster, intimidate

How to use Bully in a sentence?

1. Ryan Pack:

   What does a bully, a bullet, and a tornado have in common? Their all destructive, they can all kill you.

2. Kaitlyn Bristowe:

   I want to tell people who bully.

3. Jessica Anderson:

   The Biden Administration needs to wake up and learn that it is not acceptable to use children for an experimental woke agenda, by pushing to expand access to dangerous cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors without parental consent, Biden’s Executive Order threatens the physical and mental health – and futures – of our nation’s children. It’s also an unprecedented power grab, using the stroke of a pen to bully governors and parents who are simply trying to protect kids in their state.

4. Eric Seyfried:

   If you're afraid to take on a bully because the bully is going to come after you, maybe you're not supposed to be president of the United States.

5. Foreign Minister Wang:

   We never pick a fight or bully others. But we have principles and guts. We will push back against any deliberate insult, resolutely defend our national honor and dignity, and we will refute all groundless slander with facts.

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