Antonyms for bust
bʌstbust

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1. • Attack
   • Break
   • Decay
   • Destroy
   • Sculpture
   • Separate

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1. flop, bust, fizzlenoun

   a complete failure

   "the play was a dismal flop"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   flop, hiss, floating-point operation, dud, tear, bout, hissing, washout, sibilation, collapse, binge, fizzle, hushing, female chest

2. female chest, bustnoun

   the chest of a woman

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, bout

3. bustnoun

   a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, bout

4. bust, tear, binge, boutadjective

   an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

   "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   flop, rip, snag, round, bout, split, tear, teardrop, orgy, binge, fizzle, female chest, rent, splurge, turn

5. broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokeverb

   lacking funds

   "`skint' is a British slang term"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   skint, broke, stony-broke, stone-broke

6. break, bustverb

   ruin completely

   "He busted my radio!"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   rupture, demote, kick downstairs, tear, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, split up, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, soften, expose, pause, fail, smash, erupt, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, recrudesce, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, crack, ruin, dampen, break, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, break dance, stop, intermit, divulge, breach, check, snap off, damp, violate, infract, give, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, wear, raid, bump, snap, go against, discover, develop, let out

7. raid, bustverb

   search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

   "The police raided the crack house"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   tear, rupture, wear, wear out, foray into, snap, raid, break, fall apart, burst

8. tear, rupture, snap, bustverb

   separate or cause to separate abruptly

   "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   wear out, buck, snatch up, click, fall apart, shoot, burst, flick, deplume, break down, crack, displume, pluck, photograph, break, shoot down, lose it, tear, raid, pull, wear, charge, snap, snatch, deplumate, snarl, rupture

9. break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apartverb

   go to pieces

   "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

   Antonyms:
   rich

   Synonyms:
   crack, raid, tire out, break away, give way, hold out, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, assume, jade, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, tire, break out, separate, don, split, give away, damp, wear off, smash, get into, interrupt, have on, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, wear down, break-dance, break up, check, wear thin, give out, break in, give, split up, wear upon, better, burst, go bad, endure, rupture, breach, break off, disclose, erupt, weary, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fatigue, break down, fall in, tear, put on, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, fag out, offend, kick downstairs, bear, part, infract, outwear, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, go to pieces, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, snap, wear

10. burst, bustverb

    break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

    "The dam burst"

    Antonyms:
    rich

    Synonyms:
    wear out, bristle, abound, tear, collapse, break open, break, snap, raid, erupt, wear, burst, split, fall apart, explode, rupture

How to use bust in a sentence?

1. Jim Jordan:

   Democrats have been trying to impeach the President since the beginning of this Congress, michael Cohens testimony was a bust. John Deans testimony was a waste of time. The Robert Muellers report did not live up to the hype.

2. Mark Zandi:

   We're in the boom. And all the earmarks of a bust are developing.

3. Ramzy Hattar:

   I felt like I needed to stand up for my employees who bust their a---s every day and still have families back in Mexico who can’t come here.

4. Kevin Kiermaier:

   I think we were all waiting for, not necessarily an 11-game win streak, but to kind of bust out of the shell and get guys swinging the bats and just feeding off our pitchers.

5. John Downing:

   Just as a lot of people thought the boom would never end, some people might think the bust will never end, we will go through better times.

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