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BOLSHY Synonyms

There are 14 synonyms of the word bolshy. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the word bolshy. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for BOLSHY

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aggressive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

adjective satellite

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

confrontational
adjectiveadj
adjective

• of or relating to confrontation

difficult
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• hard to control

rebellious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• resisting control or authority

• discontented as toward authority

• participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

stubborn
adjectiveadj
adjective

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

adjective satellite

• not responding to treatment

bolshevik
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• of or relating to Bolshevism

noun

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

bolshie
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

contrary
adjectiveadj
noun

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

adjective satellite

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

contumacious
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

marxist
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• following the ideas of Marx and Engels

noun

• an advocate of Marxism

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

perverse
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective satellite

• marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

recalcitrant
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• stubbornly resistant to authority or control

• marked by stubborn resistance to authority

red
adjectiveadj
noun

• red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

• a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

adjective satellite

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• characterized by violence or bloodshed

• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

stroppy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• obstreperous

Best Hypernyms For BOLSHY

Here is a list of related hypernyms for bolshy, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
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radical

Alternatives for AGGRESSIVE

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