Synonyms for bust
bʌstbust

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "bust":

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

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1. Ryan Reese:

   Seattle’s a boom and bust town – it’s been gold boom and bust, tech boom and bust.

2. Blow:

   Fred Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.

3. Marilyn Gartelmann Quiroz:

   The two of them are walking around like they’re going to bust they’re so happy and so full of pride for the neighborhood.

4. Lenny Bruce:

   Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is -- One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.

5. Sandeep Aggarwal:

   Only myopics judge people, relationships, businesses with short term lens. Any startup or public company that survived the dot com bust and 9/11 came out bigger than anyone imagined. If India wants an ecosystem like USA or China, new age companies need nurturing & patience vs. criticism or outcast.