Synonyms of bustling

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adjective

1

as in busy

involved in often constant activity

a bustling greeter was there to welcome guests to the grand opening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• busy
• engaged
• diligent
• occupied
• employed
• working
• active
• preoccupied
• industrious
• immersed
• buzzing
• hopping
• assiduous
• vibrant
• lively
• thriving
• humming
• laborious
• flourishing
• absorbed
• tied-up
• sedulous
• swamped
• operating
• focused
• going
• running
• functioning
• engrossed
• astir
• concentrating
• animated
• happening
• living
• energetic
• operational
• hardworking
• vigorous
• knee-deep
• operative
• intent
• tireless
• functional
• indefatigable
• alive
• focussed
• untiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idle
• unoccupied
• inactive
• unemployed
• free
• sleepy
• quiescent
• dormant
• lifeless
• unbusy
• slow
• latent
• passive
• inert
• asleep
• dull
• dead
• inoperative
• nonoperating

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• idle
• unoccupied
• inactive
• unemployed
• free
• sleepy
• quiescent
• dormant
• lifeless
• unbusy
• slow
• latent
• passive
• inert
• asleep
• dull
• dead
• inoperative
• nonoperating

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2

as in buzzing

marked by much life, movement, or activity

a bustling shopping center during the Christmas season

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzzing
• busy
• vibrant
• thriving
• crowded
• lively
• humming
• populous
• flourishing
• brisk
• teeming
• astir
• abuzz
• rousing
• happening
• hopping
• animated
• stirring
• kinetic
• thronging
• swarming
• alive
• abubble
• overflowing
• aboil
• abounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleepy
• inactive
• dead
• lifeless
• asleep

• sleepy
• inactive
• dead
• lifeless
• asleep

bustling

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verb

present participle of bustle

1

as in bursting

to be copiously supplied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

2

as in hurrying

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzzing
• hurrying
• racing
• traveling
• scurrying
• rushing
• driving
• flying
• trotting
• zipping
• speeding
• running
• chasing
• hustling
• travelling
• jumping
• scooting
• darting
• dashing
• whirling
• blasting
• stepping
• blowing
• scuttling
• tearing
• bowling
• rustling
• zooming
• blazing
• shooting
• ripping
• jogging
• breezing
• barreling
• bolting
• motoring
• careening
• careering
• hurtling
• whisking
• ramming
• rocketing
• hurling
• haring
• hastening
• highballing
• galloping
• coursing
• hying
• bombing
• humping
• belting
• jetting
• nipping
• pelting
• beating it
• flitting
• bundling
• cannonballing
• barrelling
• scuffling
• scampering
• hieing
• whizzing
• beetling
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• stepping on it
• cracking (on)
• stampeding
• sprinting
• accelerating
• scudding
• getting a move on
• hotfooting (it)
• overtaking
• streaking
• quickening
• outpacing
• outrunning
• outstripping
• stepping out
• beelining
• arrowing
• catching up
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• lingering
• creeping
• strolling
• poking
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• poking
• ambling
• lumbering
• plodding
• dallying
• tarrying
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

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• crawling
• lingering
• creeping
• strolling
• poking
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• loitering
• dawdling
• shuffling
• sauntering
• poking
• ambling
• lumbering
• plodding
• dallying
• tarrying
• decelerating
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

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