bullish

3 antonyms for bullish — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adjective — Expecting the price of shares, a currency or another asset to rise, or reflecting that expectation.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adjective finance

Expecting the price of shares, a currency or another asset to rise, or reflecting that expectation.

“Analysts turned bullish on the airline after a record summer of bookings.”

optimistic buoyant upbeat confident

Opposites

bearish

2. adjective

Confident and positive about how something will turn out.

“She is bullish about the team's chances of promotion.”

hopeful sanguine positive assured

Opposites

pessimistic downbeat

Antonyms

bearish pessimistic downbeat

How to use bullish

The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.

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Standard in business and financial writing, and common in ordinary speech for general optimism.

Etymology

From bull in the stock-market sense of a buyer who expects prices to rise, plus the adjective ending -ish; the market sense of bull is of uncertain origin.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between bullish and bearish?

Bullish means you expect prices to rise, so you want to buy and hold. Bearish is the exact opposite: you expect prices to fall. The images come from how each animal attacks, a bull tossing its horns upward and a bear swiping downward.

Can bullish be used outside of finance?

Yes. It is now common in everyday speech to mean simply confident or optimistic, as in being bullish about a project's chances. The financial sense remains the more literal one.

Is being bullish the same as being aggressive?

No. Bullish describes an expectation that things will improve, not a manner of behaving. A bullish investor may still act cautiously.

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