hector
hector is a 6-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes.
- transitive verb. To treat with insolence; to threaten; to bully; hence, to torment by words; to tease; to taunt; to worry or irritate by bullying.
- intransitive verb. To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
- noun. (Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War
- verb. be bossy towards
"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
Synonyms
ballyrag, browbeat, bully, bullyrag
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hector:
cohert, rochet, rotche, tocher, troche
Common word forms
hectors, hectored, hectorer, hectorly, hectoring
Words from these letters
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