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Synonyms for bust
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  1. flop, bust, fizzlenoun

    a complete failure

    "the play was a dismal flop"

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  2. female chest, bustnoun

    the chest of a woman

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  3. bustnoun

    a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  4. bust, tear, binge, boutadjective

    an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

    "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

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

    lacking funds

    "`skint' is a British slang term"

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  6. break, bustverb

    ruin completely

    "He busted my radio!"

    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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  7. raid, bustverb

    search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

    "The police raided the crack house"

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  8. tear, rupture, snap, bustverb

    separate or cause to separate abruptly

    "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

    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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  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"

    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

    Antonyms:
    rich

  10. burst, bustverb

    break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

    "The dam burst"

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

    Antonyms:
    rich

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bust":

    pleite, chest, fiasco, arrest, flop, bankruptcy, collapse, debacle

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How to use bust in a sentence?

  1. Hisamitsu Yabe:

    The bubble economy went bust and you couldn't sell anything.

  2. Brian Kyle:

    The best-case scenario is our forecast is going to be a bust and we'll get much needed rainfall, the worst that could happen is that travel is impacted, intermittent power outages and any time you have substantial rain in a large metro area, the concrete ground doesn't absorb water and that results in flooding.

  3. Cheng Xubao:

    Beijing's battle against pollution will increase costs for steel mills and force those uncompetitive ones to go bust eventually.

  4. National Museum of Antiquities:

    The piece of sculpture is pretty damaged, that is why it was decided to supplement the disappeared parts, such as nose and chin, on the basis of second portraiti of Julius Caesar : the so-called Tusculum bust.

  5. Kristen Dahl:

    Were not sure if [the population decline] is going to last or if its a boom-bust population cycle, it could be a little bit of both. We arent really sure.


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