bullish

adjective

bull·ish ˈbu̇-lish

also ˈbə-

Synonyms of bullish

: suggestive of a bull (as in brawniness)

: marked by, tending to cause, or hopeful of rising prices (as in a stock market)

a bullish market

bullish policies

bullish investors

: optimistic about something's or someone's prospects

bullish on the company's future

bullishly adverb

bullishness noun

Examples of bullish in a Sentence

Members of her party are bullish about her reelection. They are bullish about the future of the product.

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The bullish India outlook comes as weakness in Chinese consumer confidence weighs on Hilton’s regional performance. — Warren Masilamony, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Part of what is making True Religion bullish on brick-and-mortar is the ROI. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2026 When faced with paying the real cost of AI, a lot of businesses that were extremely bullish immediately started talking about austerity measures. — Jack Holmes, Vanity Fair, 1 Sep. 2026 Analysts tracked by Bloomberg are universally bullish on both Cosmo and Veradermics. — Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bullish

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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