Synonyms of bustles

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noun

plural of bustle

as in disturbances

a state of noisy, confused activity

I couldn't concentrate in all the bustle of the student lounge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disturbances
• stirs
• commotions
• fusses
• turmoils
• clatters
• noises
• rows
• rackets
• storms
• clutters
• fun
• coils
• roars
• blathers
• shindies
• hurricanes
• whirls
• ruckuses
• hooplas
• bothers
• zoos
• hubbubs
• pandemoniums
• furors
• corroborees
• tumults
• kerfuffles
• furores
• alarums and excursions
• uproars
• hullabaloos
• bluster
• to-dos
• welters
• squalls
• ballyhoos
• flurries
• moils
• ados
• rumpuses
• ructions
• stews
• pothers
• hoo-hahs
• shindys
• upheavals
• hurly-burlies
• williwaws
• foofaraws
• clamors
• hurlies
• bobberies
• hubble-bubbles
• hurry-scurries
• splores
• helter-skelters
• flutters
• dins
• howls
• cacophonies
• hoo-has
• hurry-skurries
• dos
• outcries
• eruptions
• brawls
• disorders
• do's
• scuffles
• outbreaks
• frays
• outbursts
• mêlées
• hue and cries
• fracas
• dithers
• fevers
• fracases
• melees
• tizzies
• hassles
• flare-ups
• frets
• lathers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calms
• rests
• hushes
• quiets
• tranquilities
• tranquillities
• peaces
• orders
• quietudes

bustles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bustle

1

as in bursts

to be copiously supplied

on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursts
• buzzes
• hums
• abounds
• bulges
• teems
• brims
• bristles
• crawls
• swarms
• overflows
• pullulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• needs
• wants
• lacks

2

as in scurries

to proceed or move quickly

the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scurries
• rushes
• hurries
• speeds
• races
• travels
• zips
• buzzes
• trots
• flies
• drives
• chases
• jumps
• scoots
• runs
• hustles
• darts
• blows
• scuttles
• rustles
• dashes
• whirls
• blasts
• steps
• bowls
• zooms
• jogs
• tears
• rips
• whisks
• shoots
• barrels
• motors
• hurtles
• rams
• hastens
• breezes
• careers
• belts
• hurls
• blazes
• bolts
• hies
• courses
• cracks (on)
• bundles
• nips
• humps
• careens
• jets
• rockets
• hares
• gallops
• pelts
• beats it
• steps on it
• makes tracks
• bombs
• flits
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• cannonballs
• scampers
• shakes a leg
• gets a move on
• whizzes
• accelerates
• sprints
• stampedes
• beetles
• scuds
• scuffles
• quickens
• streaks
• overtakes
• outstrips
• outpaces
• outruns
• steps out
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• pokes
• lingers
• drags
• creeps
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• loiters
• pokes
• strolls
• dawdles
• saunters
• ambles
• tarries
• shuffles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• lumbers
• decelerates
• dillydallies