bully

n

1. browbeater, hector, ruffian, intimidator, Sl. bulldozer, Inf. terror, coercer, dictator, oppressor, despot, tyrant, hard taskmaster, Simon Legree.

2. blusterer, roisterer, vaporer, ranter, raver, rowdy, U.S. tough; (all usually of women) fury, hellcat, shrew, scold, vixen.

v

3. intimidate, browbeat, overawe, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, terrify, petrify, put the fear of the Lord into, scare, disconcert; domineer, overbear, lord it over, Inf. pull rank, override, ride roughshod over, Inf. push around, Inf. kick around, trample, tread on, Inf. walk all over [s.o.]; tyrannize, terrorize, threaten, coerce, exact, compel, lay down the law to, bulldoze, dragoon; hector, torment, harass, abuse, taunt, tease, bullyrag.

4. swagger, bluster, roister, bluff, rant, rave, rage, thunder, storm, Sl. showboat. —interj.

5.Informal. good, well done, great, neat, nifty, right on, boffo.