Bow and Spearhead

Opposite meaning words

Bow verb - To cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control).

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Spearhead is an antonym for bow.

Nearby Words: bowed, bowing, bowline

Spearhead verb - To serve as leader of.

Usage example: unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement

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Bow is an antonym for spearhead.

Nearby Words: spear, spearheaded, spearheading

big

big bow

big spearhead

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Spearhead and Bow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bow/spearhead

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