Bursting

/ˈbɝstɪŋ/

Synonyms for "bursting" (193 found)

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Closest matches (39)

abundant agog alivealive withaquiver aroused atingle atwitter banging blasting bloated blooming bountiful brimful brimming bristling bulgingbursting outcapacitycarried away

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chock fullchock-full choked chuck-full congested copious cracking cram-full crammed crashing crawling

Noun(7 words)

blowout break breakage brim brimming burstcrack open

Adjective(1 words)

busting

Strong matches (58)

creation creative crowded crowding detonating distended drenched ebullient effervescent eruptive excited exhilarated explodable exploding explosible explosive exuberant farci fecund fertile

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filledfilled to overflowingfired flapping flourishing flush fructiferous fruitful fullfull to burstingfulminating generous glutted gorged highhopped uphyperemic impassionedin profusionin spateinflamedjam packedjam-packed jammedkeyed upknockinglathered uplavish lush luxuriant manic

Noun(7 words)

eruption explode explosive failureflood withfull impulsive

Related words (96)

moved overblown overburdened overcharged overfed overflowing overfraught overfreighted overfull overladen overloaded overstocked overstuffed oversupplied overweighted packedpacked like sardinesplenary plenteous plentiful

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plethoric popping populous pregnant prodigal productive profuse proliferating proliferous prolific rappingready to burstreplete rich rife round rousedrunning oversatiated saturated seminal slapping slatting soaked srostanding room onlysteamed upstimulated stirredstirred upstudded stuffedstuffed upsuperabundant supercharged supersaturated surcharged surfeited swarming swollen tapping teeming thickthick as hailthick withthick-coming thrilled thriving thronged thronging tingling tingly topfulturned onturned-on uberous volcanicwhipped upworked upwrought upyeasty

Noun(15 words)

outburst overflow overflowing plosive rupturerupture eventrupturing shatter spike spritzing surge teem teeming unrestrained vehement

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

12 entries

abundanceemotional stateevent expression failure fullness outburst pattern phenomenon process rupture state

More specific

19 entries

activity color crackdata burstenergy enthusiasm excitement laughterlaughter outburstmembrane ruptureneural burstpanicpipe rupturepop shattertears outburst

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Collocations

16 entries

bursting at the seamsbursting capacitybursting colorbursting energybursting eventbursting into laughterbursting loadbursting pipebursting pointbursting pressurebursting strengthbursting trafficbursting with colorbursting with energybursting with enthusiasmneural bursting

Inflections

3 entries

burst burstings bursts

Derivations

7 entries

burst burster burstily burstiness burstingly bursty reburst

Sample sentences

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The bag was bursting with corn.

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The bursting of Japan's so-called bubble economy sent shock waves through international markets.

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His head was bursting with new ideas.

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He was bursting to go home.

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