What are some opposite words for bust?
Antonyms for bust
bʌstbust
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Princeton's WordNet
flop, bust, fizzlenoun
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"
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flop, hiss, floating-point operation, dud, tear, bout, hissing, washout, sibilation, collapse, binge, fizzle, hushing, female chestfemale chest, bustnoun
the chest of a woman
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richbustnoun
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
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richbust, tear, binge, boutadjective
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
"they went on a bust that lasted three days"
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flop, rip, snag, round, bout, split, tear, teardrop, orgy, binge, fizzle, female chest, rent, splurge, turnbroke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokeverb
lacking funds
"`skint' is a British slang term"
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skint, broke, stony-broke, stone-brokebreak, bustverb
ruin completely
"He busted my radio!"
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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 outraid, bustverb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
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tear, rupture, wear, wear out, foray into, snap, raid, break, fall apart, bursttear, rupture, snap, bustverb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
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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, rupturebreak, 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"
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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, wearburst, bustverb
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
"The dam burst"
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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?
For the first time in a decade - which includes the boom period and the bust period also - REER is moving up and exports are moving down.
And then again, I get to thinking – I said, Lord, they could’ve killed me anyway. They was talking about killing me, but they could’ve killed me with their gun. They could’ve taken their gun and bust my brains out, but the Lord is just with me that night.
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.
We're in the boom. And all the earmarks of a bust are developing.
This is like a boom and bust cycle, right now, we don't have much and then we do all these things( like scaling up production at United States plants and bringing in more imports through The Operation Fly Formula). By the end of August, September, shelves are going to be full again. I think that's when this is going to finally relieve itself.
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