Synonyms for bustle
ˈbʌs əlbus·tle

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1. bustleverb

   An excited activity; a stir.

   Synonyms:
   flit, scurry, hustle, scamper

2. bustleverb

   Synonyms:
   burst, swell, bristle, abound, brim, crawl, teem

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. bustle

   Synonyms:
   business, activity, stir, commotion, energy, excitement, haste, hurry, eagerness, flurry

   Antonyms:
   idleness, vacation, inactivity, indolence, indifference, unconcernedness, coolness, calm, stagnation, quiet, desertion

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1. bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stirnoun

   a rapid active commotion

   Synonyms:
   confidence game, bunco, snow flurry, tizzy, dither, bickering, hustle, squabble, flap, bicker, bunko, confidence trick, spat, tiff, hassle, stir, flurry, bunko game, con game, gyp, ado, fuss, pettifoggery, pother, bunco game, trouble, con, sting, splash, flimflam, bother

2. bustleverb

   a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

   Synonyms:
   ado, hustle, fuss, stir, flurry

3. bustle, bustle about, hustleverb

   move or cause to move energetically or busily

   "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

   Synonyms:
   pluck, hustle, roll, bustle about

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. bustleverb

   Synonyms:
   FUSS, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, PUCKER, be in a stew, make much ado about trifles or about nothing

2. bustlenoun

   Synonyms:
   stir, FUSS, hurry, flurry, tumult, pother, commotion, ado, TO DO

3. bustlenoun

   Synonyms:
   bishop, TOURNURE

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1. bustlenoun

   Synonyms:
   stir, agitation, tumult, ado, pother, commotion, bishop, tournure, pannier

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1. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry:

   Commonly, people believe that defeat is characterized by a general bustle and a feverish rush. Bustle and rush are the signs of victory, not of defeat. Victory is a thing of action. It is a house in the act of being built. Every participant in victory sweats and puffs, carrying the stones for the building of the house. But defeat is a thing of weariness, of incoherence, of boredom. And above all of futility.

2. Robert Benchley:

   For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting.

3. Anna Hakkarainen:

   Lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.

4. Abigail Adams:

   I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life....Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.

5. Anna Hakkarainen:

   Only few people know that the mysterious north is as fascinating during summer and autumn, which tends to be our off-peak season, lapland is the antithesis to the urban hustle and bustle.