bust

1. 1.

   a complete failure

   “the play was a dismal flop”

   Synonymsflopfizzle

   Broaderfailure

   Narrowerturkey
2. 2.

   the chest of a woman

   Synonymsfemale chest

   Broaderthorax

   Part offemale body
3. 3.

   a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

   Broadersculpture
4. 4.

   an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

   “they went on a bust that lasted three days”

   Synonymstearbingebout

   Broaderrevel

   Narrowerpiss-up

1. 1.

   lacking funds

   “`skint' is a British slang term”

   Synonymsbrokeskintstone-brokestony-broke

   Similarpoor

Other forms of bust

plural

busts·

past tense

busted·

present participle

busting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bust

What does bust mean?

bust means "ruin completely". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bust?

bust has 1 syllable: bust. In IPA it is /ˈbʌst/.

What is another word for bust?

Close synonyms include break, raid, tear, rupture, snap. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bust a common word?

bust is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bust?

2 words rhyme with bust. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.