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

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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, 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, 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, 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. Brian Valentine:

   Know what your purpose is, keep your eye on the ball, and do it without being a bully.

2. Benjamin Weinthal on Twitter @BenWeinthal:

   Turkey is the bully of the region.

3. Monty Neill:

   They're trying to basically bully parents into toeing the line and at least in a lot of places, it's not working.

4. Carrie Ann:

   I still get bullied. Right about this time is when people start to bully me because of the way I judge people, i can't believe it still happens as adults.

5. Sam Pittman:

   Kirby likes to play physical football and get big with people and bully them, and it’s hard to bully Alabama.

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