Antonyms for bustle
ˈbʌs əlbus·tle

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. bustleverb

   An excited activity; a stir.

   Synonyms:
   flit, scurry, hustle, scamper

2. bustleverb

   Synonyms:
   burst, swell, bristle, abound, brim, crawl, teem

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bustle

   Antonyms:
   idleness, vacation, inactivity, indolence, indifference, unconcernedness, coolness, calm, stagnation, quiet, desertion

   Synonyms:
   business, activity, stir, commotion, energy, excitement, haste, hurry, eagerness, flurry

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1. bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stirnoun

   a rapid active commotion

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, hustle, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, fuss, pettifoggery, pother, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, bother

2. bustleverb

   a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

   Synonyms:
   ado, hustle, fuss, stir, flurry

3. bustle, bustle about, hustleverb

   move or cause to move energetically or busily

   "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

   Synonyms:
   pluck, hustle, roll, bustle about

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1. bustlenoun

   Synonyms:
   stir, agitation, tumult, ado, pother, commotion, bishop, tournure, pannier

How to use bustle in a sentence?

1. Anna Hakkarainen:

   Only few people know that the mysterious north is as fascinating during summer and autumn, which tends to be our off-peak season, lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.

2. Gregory Agapé:

   We are always upset by the noises, bangs, all the bustle around so nights are very complicated, very short.

3. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

   Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

4. Abigail Adams:

   I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

5. Anna Hakkarainen:

   Lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.

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