Synonyms of bustle

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noun

as in commotion

a state of noisy, confused activity

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• commotion
• disturbance
• hurry
• stir
• fuss
• turmoil
• noise
• clatter
• hubbub
• racket
• storm
• clutter
• to-do
• fun
• row
• hoopla
• hurly-burly
• tumult
• hurricane
• zoo
• pandemonium
• hullabaloo
• coil
• ado
• roar
• bother
• ruckus
• ruction
• furore
• ballyhoo
• rumpus
• squall
• flurry
• pother
• uproar
• blather
• furor
• whirl
• bluster
• hurry-scurry
• welter
• kerfuffle
• stew
• hurly
• corroboree
• shindy
• hoo-hah
• helter-skelter
• foofaraw
• hoo-ha
• moil
• upheaval
• din
• hubble-bubble
• splore
• bobbery
• cacophony
• alarums and excursions
• hurry-skurry
• clamor
• unrest
• outcry
• disorder
• do
• eruption
• williwaw
• howl
• hue and cry
• outbreak
• flutter
• fray
• mêlée
• brawl
• scuffle
• outburst
• melee
• fever
• fracas
• hassle
• tizzy
• fret
• flare-up
• dither
• lather

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rest
• peace
• tranquillity
• stillness
• tranquility
• quiet
• calm
• hush
• quietude
• order
• orderliness

bustle

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verb (1)

1

as in to burst

to be copiously supplied

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burst
• buzz
• hum
• bulge
• brim
• swarm
• abound
• teem
• overflow
• crawl
• bristle
• pullulate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• need
• want
• lack

2

as in to rush

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rush
• hurry
• race
• speed
• scurry
• travel
• drive
• fly
• zip
• trot
• buzz
• chase
• hustle
• jump
• scoot
• run
• dart
• blow
• dash
• tear
• step
• blast
• scuttle
• breeze
• rustle
• motor
• whirl
• bowl
• zoom
• career
• bolt
• rip
• crack (on)
• jog
• hare
• jet
• belt
• course
• shoot
• ram
• whisk
• blaze
• barrel
• rocket
• hump
• bundle
• hasten
• hurtle
• highball
• hie
• hurl
• beat it
• nip
• get a move on
• gallop
• pelt
• make tracks
• careen
• bomb
• shake a leg
• step on it
• hotfoot (it)
• cannonball
• flit
• scamper
• stampede
• streak
• sprint
• beetle
• accelerate
• scuffle
• overtake
• step out
• whiz
• whizz
• quicken
• outrun
• catch up
• outpace
• scud
• outstrip
• arrow
• fast-forward
• beeline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• hang (around or out)
• crawl
• lag
• linger
• poke
• dawdle
• stroll
• loiter
• tarry
• shuffle
• poke
• amble
• slow (down or up)
• saunter
• lumber
• plod
• decelerate
• dillydally
• dally

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in buzzing

marked by much life, movement, or activity

a bustling shopping center during the Christmas season

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleepy
• inactive
• dead
• lifeless
• asleep

bustling

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verb (2)

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

2

as in travelling

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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