bull market

6 synonyms and 3 antonyms for bull market, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Noun — A period in which the prices of shares or other investments rise strongly and keep rising over months or years, and buyers generally expect that to continue.

Synonyms

Everyday swaps

Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

boom

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

rally

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

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Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

A period in which the prices of shares or other investments rise strongly and keep rising over months or years, and buyers generally expect that to continue.

“The longest bull market in the country's history ran for more than a decade.”

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Opposites

bear market

2. adjective attributive

Describing conditions, mood or behaviour typical of a rising market. Usually written as bull-market before a noun.

“That kind of confidence is pure bull-market thinking.”

bullish buoyant

Opposites

bear-market bearish

How to use bull market

The word patterns that sound natural to a native speaker.

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Standard across financial journalism and everyday speech. Also used loosely outside finance, as in a bull market for graduates.

Etymology

From bull, stock-market slang for someone buying in expectation of rising prices, plus market; formed as the counterpart to bear market.

Full origin of bull market →

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between a bull market and a rally?

A rally is any run of rising prices, and it can last a few days. A bull market is a much longer stretch, usually measured in months or years, during which the general direction is upward. Short rallies happen inside bear markets too, which is why they are sometimes called bear-market rallies.

How is the start of a bull market decided?

There is no official body that declares one. Commentators most often date it from the lowest point of the previous decline, and only say the bull market has begun once prices have risen roughly twenty per cent above that low. Because the low is only obvious in hindsight, the starting date is usually assigned after the fact.

Does bullish mean the same thing?

Bullish describes an attitude rather than a period. Someone bullish on a company expects its value to rise. A bull market is the market-wide condition in which many people feel that way at once.

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