Synonyms for bull

Noun

1. bull, cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus

usage: uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

2. bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson, man, adult male

usage: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"

3. bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, dogshit, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash

usage: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"

4. bull, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo

usage: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the assignment"

5. bull, cop, copper, fuzz, pig, policeman, police officer, officer

usage: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

6. bull, investor

usage: an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

7. Taurus, Bull, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul

usage: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

8. Taurus, Taurus the Bull, Bull, sign of the zodiac, star sign, sign, mansion, house, planetary house

usage: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

9. bull's eye, bull, center, centre, midpoint

usage: the center of a target

10. bull, papal bull, decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript

usage: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

11. bull, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

usage: mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

Verb

1. bull, bull through, push, bear on

usage: push or force; "He bulled through his demands"

2. bull, speculate, job

usage: try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

3. bullshit, bull, fake, feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble

usage: talk through one's hat; "The politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"

4. bull, rise, go up, climb

usage: advance in price; "stocks were bulling"