bull market

noun

A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

Opposite
bear market
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Meanings

nounbull market (plural bull markets)

plural bull markets

  1. businessA stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

    Antonyms: bear market

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bull, market.

    Changing production circumstances, a wide range of traits and the international bull market enable dairy farmers to make increasingly specific choices concerning artificial insemination (AI) bulls.

    2018, E. Paakala et al., “Variation in the actual preferences for AI bull traits among Finnish dairy herds”, in Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, volume 135, number 6, Wiley Online Library, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 410–419

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise.

Opposite
bear market

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 牛市
  • 牛市 (niúshì)state of stock market
Czech býčí trh
  • býčí trhstate of stock market
Dutch stierenmarkt
  • stierenmarktstate of stock market
Finnish noususuhdanne, härkämarkkinat
  • noususuhdannestate of stock market
  • härkämarkkinatstate of stock market
French marché haussier
  • marché haussierstate of stock market
German Bullenmarkt
  • Bullenmarktstate of stock market
Hungarian bikapiac
  • bikapiacstate of stock market
Icelandic birtingsmarkaður, bjartsýnismarkaður
  • birtingsmarkaðurstate of stock market
  • bjartsýnismarkaðurstate of stock market
Irish margadh bullúil
  • margadh bullúilstate of stock market
Japanese 強気市場, 上げ相場
  • 強気市場 (tsuyoki shijō)state of stock market
  • 上げ相場 (agesōba)state of stock market
Polish hossa
  • hossastate of stock market
Portuguese mercado altista
  • mercado altistastate of stock market
Russian бычий ры́нок
  • бычий ры́нок (byčij rýnok)state of stock market
Spanish mercado alcista
  • mercado alcistastate of stock market
Swedish tjurmarknad
  • tjurmarknadstate of stock market
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APA

bull market. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20market

MLA

“bull market.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20market. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bull market,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bull%20market.

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