BUSTY Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

busty

adjective

Definition of busty

as in buxom

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Recent Examples of busty One defining moment was when a teenage Johnson and his father were in a comic shop and Johnson was intent on buying a copy of Battle Chasers, a comic known for shapely and busty heroines and plenty of violence. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026 The photo features Loren giving the side eye to Mansfield who grin at the camera while wearing a rather busty dress. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026 Some on social media criticized her braless, busty appearance as vulgar. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 22 Dec. 2025 Fortunately, more and more brands are catering to busty babes with super supportive and stylish bras that lift and flatter without compromising comfort. — Andrea Jordan, Glamour, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for busty

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Extravagantly bewigged, boldly buxom, and graced with a peerless, vibrato-laden soprano voice, the exuberant Parton succeeded a hit-making early career in partnership with vocalist Porter Wagoner with a long series of solo hits.

— Chris Morris, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Courtesy Palazzo Fiuggi Luna, a buxom woman from Ukraine, submerges me in a tub of warm water, tells me to take deep breaths, and leaves me to do so.

— Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2026

Definition of buxom

Adjective

The difference between one frame rate and another can be the difference between wanting to ogle a voluptuous demon and wanting to squish her like a bug.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
Everyone, meanwhile, can enjoy the simple, perfect sight gag of a voluptuous sheep cleaning a blackboard with her ample fleece.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of voluptuous

Adjective

To woo the American artist best known for his curvaceous and colorful Balloon Dog sculptures, Hublot invited him to its Nyon, Switzerland, home base.

— Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2026
Brock's design looked almost alien compared to the curvaceous roadsters of the period.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of curvaceous

Adjective

The playful call-and-response tune about a curvy woman walking up Rampart Street on Mardi Gras originated in the 1940s with the Mardi Gras Indians (also called the Black Masking Indians), a group of Black Carnival revelers.

— Tracy Teo, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
From there, her hair was smoothed out nearly flat on either side, with the front portions tucked behind each ear and the lengths blown out equally smooth with a curvy bend at the ends for a little motion and movement.

— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of curvy

Adjective

Groups of screaming preschoolers pass by us in the park, fists clutched tight onto their walking ropes, chubby hands waving hello or pointing to squirrels scampering in their path.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Gill suspected that these chubby godwits were preparing to fly non-stop from Alaska to New Zealand, where this species wintered.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of chubby

Adjective

Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.

— Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024

Definition of well-endowed

Adjective

Things are already tense with her loopy future mother-in-law (Jennifer Coolidge) and the chesty ex (Lenny Kravitz) that her wealthy father (Cheech Marin) has invited without her consent.

— Leah Greenblatt, Joshua Rothkopf, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2023
The cringeworthy stereotyping continues when Nawi begins a romance with a chesty biracial himbo named Malik (Jordan Bolger), who visits the kingdom to fulfill his Dahomean mother’s dying wish.

— Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022

Definition of chesty

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