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Synonyms for bull

  • noun
  • adjective

Most common

non-sense clap-trap hogwash foolishness fuzz blue bottle flam bruiser

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Crap — nonsense

non-sense, baloney US AU, clap-trap, hogwash, tripe UK, trash US, foolishness, balderdash, blah, malarkey informal UK US IE, guff, blah-blah, flap doodle, humbug, drivel, hokum, jazz, moon-shine, rot, rubbish UK, poppycock informal, twaddle

2. Pig — A person, compared to the animal. A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard

fuzz, blue bottle, police officer, police, policeman, gendarme, pig slang, copper slang, cop slang, bobby slang UK, peeler slang UK, bluecoat dated

3. Flam — A lie

flam, cram slang dated UK

4. Bruiser

bruiser, strapper rare

Other

bulldog, papal bull, bubble, crown, rut, edict, bull's-eye, rescript, gentleman cow dated, rooster slang NZ

Adjective

1. Beefy — large and strong, like a bull

beefy, hunky, robust

Other

bovine, male, stupid, long

Antonyms

cow, weak, feeble

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A person, compared to the animal. A policeman; a detective; a railroad security guard.

  2. n. 2

    A lie.

  3. n. 3

    Nonsense.

  4. adj. 1

    Large and strong, like a bull.

Related words

Phrases
bull fiddle pit bull shoot the bull load of bull bull's-eye bull bar blue bull bull pine

Forms

Plural
bulls → baloneys, hogwashes, tripes, trashes…

Example sentences

  • crown They met the crown princes of Sweden and Denmark.
  • bubble This is my personal bubble. Please don't touch me.
  • bulldog One reporter said he looked like a fierce bulldog.
  • rut Tom thinks that we're in some kind of rut.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bullsteady
crownsteady
bubblerising
bulldogrising
rutrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
cop1, pig1, rot1, rut1
4 letters
long1, male1, jazz1, blah1, fuzz1, cram1, guff1, flam1
5 letters
crown1, trash1, bobby2, edict2, tripe1, beefy2, hunky2, hokum2
6 letters
police2, stupid2, copper2, bubble2, robust2, bovine2, drivel2, humbug2, peeler2
7 letters
rubbish2, bulldog2, rooster2, bruiser, baloney3, hogwash2, twaddle2
8 letters
malarkey3, gendarme2, rescript, bluecoat, strapper
9 letters
policeman3, poppycock3
10 letters
balderdash3
11 letters
foolishness3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bobby2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
taureau
Català
toro