Synonyms of bursting

bursting 1 of 3

adjective

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

the store was bursting with bargain hunters on the day of the big sale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• full
• jammed
• crammed
• stuffed
• crowded
• loaded
• brimming
• brimful
• chock-full
• overflowing
• jam-packed
• chockablock
• fat
• overfilled
• overloaded
• overstuffed
• overcrowded
• overfull
• overladen
• teeming
• swarming
• rife
• replete
• fraught
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• blank
• void
• bare
• vacant
• short
• insufficient
• inadequate
• stark
• incomplete
• wanting
• deficient
• shy
• depleted
• drained
• shortish
• exhausted

bursting

2 of 3

noun

as in eruption

the act or an instance of exploding

narrowly escaped the bursting of the car's gas tank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• eruption
• explosion
• burst
• firing
• blast
• detonation
• outburst
• blowup
• shooting
• pop
• boom
• discharge
• blowout
• bang
• flare-up
• airburst
• groundburst

bursting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of burst

1

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the turnover's crust burst when the filling expanded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploding
• detonating
• popping
• blowing
• going off
• crumping
• blowing up
• shattering
• smashing
• firing
• splintering
• fragmenting
• mushrooming
• discharging
• burgeoning
• shooting
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imploding
• collapsing
• fizzling

2

as in shattering

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

finally burst the piñata open with one mighty swing of the bat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• exploding
• blowing
• popping
• destroying
• blasting
• detonating
• blowing up
• wrecking
• ruining
• dynamiting
• decimating
• annihilating
• discharging
• splintering
• fragmenting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

3

as in buzzing

to be copiously supplied

a young singer/dancer who seems to be bursting with energy and talent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzzing
• bulging
• brimming
• humming
• teeming
• overflowing
• crawling
• swarming
• abounding
• bristling
• pullulating
• bustling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bursting

Noun

One reason for Thiele’s bursting-at-the-seams friend group is his growing list of Imdb credits. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

My phone lights up with a new text, and my heart lights up, too, a fresh lime dropping into a cold bottle of beer, a bursting balloon, a cartoon lightbulb flicking on with sudden, radiant intensity. — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026

His business has survived multiple recessions, the bursting of the dot-com bubble and the 2008 financial crisis. — Cj Haddad,katie Tarasov, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026

Whether the podcasting asset bubble bursting led directly to the ascendance of YouTube and video podcasting, or was simply incidental to the inevitable growth of YouTube podcasts, is a question reserved for podcast philosophers. — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Sonically, there are specific elements that an arena-bursting, chart-topping song needs. — Jack Cosbie, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2026

After the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000, the economy slipped into a recession in 2001 and was further shaken by the September 11 terrorist attacks. — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

Dalio stressed that a bubble forming and a bubble bursting are different events. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 June 2026

In central defence, Saliba and Gabriel edge out Marquinhos and Pacho, although Gabriel must be alert to cover the space left behind by Mendes’s lung-bursting runs forward. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 29 May 2026

Verb

Sip local wines like Norton or Vignoles, hop around downtown, or wander through orchards bursting with ripe apples while leaves crunch underfoot. — Taryn Shorr-McKee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026

Forever Cemetery, where John Carpenter’s shape-shifting, stomach-bursting masterpiece comes alive on All Hallows’ Eve. — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

The wealth of the richest Americans has torqued upward, bursting through the top of the graph, with no end in sight, completely untethered from the rest of the United States. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026

Murphy has built an empire by keeping a full-to-bursting pipeline of shows and returning to certain creative wells. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2026

The smell is rich, oceanic, and bursting with notes of lime and cilantro. — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Aug. 2026

Orange flame could be seen bursting through several windows of the brick apartment building. — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026

The X-ray shock breakout was the faintest ever detected, and follow-up observations didn’t identify any relativistic jet bursting forth. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026

They’re layered, bursting with life, and a little undone, featuring an abundance of classic, old-fashioned blooms that invoke feelings of nostalgia and whimsy. — The Spruce, 4 Aug. 2026