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bullies
Overview of noun bully
The noun bully has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo -- (a cruel and brutal fellow)
Overview of verb bully
The verb bully has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around -- (be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young")
2. browbeat, bully, swagger -- (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> bullyboy
=> muscleman, muscle
=> skinhead
=> tough guy, plug-ugly
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
Antonyms of noun bully
Member Holonyms of noun bully
Substance Holonyms of noun bully
Part Holonyms of noun bully
Member Meronyms of noun bully
Substance Meronyms of noun bully
Part Meronyms of noun bully
Meronyms of noun bully
Holonyms of noun bully
Attributes of noun bully
Derived Forms of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
RELATED TO>(verb) bully#2
=> browbeat, bully, swagger
Domain of noun bully
Domain Terms of noun bully
Familiarity of noun bully
bully used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> ambusher
=> avenger, retaliator
=> beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat
=> bludgeoner
=> bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> harasser, harrier
=> iconoclast
=> marauder, predator, vulture, piranha
=> night rider, nightrider
=> raper, rapist
=> shedder, spiller
=> slasher
=> stabber
=> stoner, lapidator
Meronyms of noun bully
1 sense of bully
Sense 1
bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
=> attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
=> wrongdoer, offender
=> bad person
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun bully
Grep of noun bully
bully
bully beef
bully pulpit
bully tree
bullyboy
bullying
Antonyms of verb bully
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
=> persuade
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bully
1 of 2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
'Cause To' of verb bully
Derived Forms of verb bully
1 of 2 senses of bully
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
RELATED TO>(noun) bully#1
=> bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo, yobbo
Domain of verb bully
Domain Terms of verb bully
Familiarity of verb bully
bully used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
EX: They bully him into writing the letter
EX: They want to bully the prisoners
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bully
2 senses of bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
> intimidate
=> hold over
=> strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
=> soft-soap
=> browbeat, bully, swagger
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bully
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
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Sense 2
browbeat, bully, swagger
=> wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
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Grep of verb bully
bully
bully off
bullyrag
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