Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bolshy

1 sense of bolshy

Sense 1
Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshy -- (emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries)
       => radical -- (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)

Antonyms of adj bolshy

1 sense of bolshy

Sense 1
bolshy, stroppy -- (obstreperous)

INDIRECT (VIA stubborn) -> docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation")

Similarity of adj bolshy

1 sense of bolshy

Sense 1
bolshy, stroppy -- (obstreperous)
       => stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)