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

China’s stock markets have taken a hit in recent months amid weak consumer spending and concerns over a possible bursting of the AI bubble. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2026

The technology is a cleanup machine that can inject bubbles into bodies of water that stay suspended rather than rising to the surface and bursting. — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

The bursting of the dot-com bubble helped usher in a relatively mild recession. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026

Especially when that time could be directed to a central ensemble bursting with more than enough charm, chemistry and appropriately youthful folly to generate plenty of tea on their own. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

Returns were negative only in 1978, amid inflation; 2002, during the bursting of the tech bubble; and 2018, amid the trade war and the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

His bladder was full to bursting but his body could not — would not — let go. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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

Verb

When a bank of televisions showed horses bursting through the starting gate, feet stomped on the club’s carpet. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

And every few months, a bursting FedEx envelope from Baltimore would appear at my desk at PRH containing Professor Dixon’s typewritten chunks of new and unpublished writing. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

People are herby, people are lemony, people are mustardy, bursting at the taste buds with umami. — Raven Smith, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026

Morgan Stanley shrugged off the bubble-bursting concerns, with its Global Investment Committee reiterating a year-end S&P 500 target of 8,000 and a mid-2027 target of 8,300—bullish territory, not a bust. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

For a child bursting with energy, few things are more fun than hurtling through a bouncy castle, launching into the air, and ping-ponging between every surface. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, actor and artist RiRia has a lifelong devotion to punk fashion, curating a Hysteric Glamour wardrobe bursting with color, energy and attitude. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

What Luvanga can bring to the Spirit The Tanzanian’s skill set could round out the attacking portfolio on a Spirit side already bursting with creativity. — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

That sequence, bursting with vitality, lushly textured visuals and provocative images, feels like a reward for staying the course with this sprawling two-part director’s cut, which runs an epic seven hours and 25 minutes. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026