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boss around
Overview of verb boss-around
The verb boss around has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around -- (be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young")
Antonyms of verb boss-around
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boss-around
1 sense of boss around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
=> frighten, fright, scare, affright
=> stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> make, create
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb boss-around
1 sense of boss around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> tyrannize, tyrannise, domineer
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb boss-around
1 sense of boss around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
'Cause To' of verb boss-around
Derived Forms of verb boss-around
Domain of verb boss-around
Domain Terms of verb boss-around
Familiarity of verb boss-around
boss around used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb boss-around
1 sense of boss around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb boss-around
1 sense of boss around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
> intimidate
=> hold over
=> strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb boss-around
Sense 1
strong-arm, bully, browbeat, bullyrag, ballyrag, boss around, hector, push around
=> intimidate
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