Bust

//ˈbʌst//

Synonyms for "bust" (471 found)

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Adjective(3 words)

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Translations

168 translations across 38 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • betrap verb ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal)
  • breek verb (to break something)

Armenian

1 entries
  • կիսանդրի noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бюст noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • бюст noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • арестувам verb ((slang) to arrest for a crime)
  • разбивам verb (to break something)

Catalan

4 entries
  • bust noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • bust noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • atrapar verb ((slang) to arrest for a crime)
  • destrossar verb (to break something)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 半身像 noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • 婦女胸部 /妇女胸部 noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • 胸像 noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Czech

4 entries
  • busta noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • bysta noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • poprsí noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • poprsí noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Danish

1 entries
  • buste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Dutch

4 entries
  • arrestatie noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)
  • boezem noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • borstbeeld noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • buste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Estonian

1 entries
  • büst noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Faroese

2 entries
  • barmur noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • bringumynd noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Finnish

4 entries
  • epäonnistuminen noun (failed enterprise)
  • fiasko noun (failed enterprise)
  • floppi noun (failed enterprise)
  • pidätys noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)

French

4 entries
  • arrestation noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)
  • bide noun (failed enterprise)
  • buste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • buste noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბიუსტი noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

German

4 entries
  • Busen noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • Büste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • Fiasko noun (failed enterprise)
  • Flopp noun (failed enterprise)

Greek

2 entries
  • μπούστο noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • προτομή noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csőd noun (failed enterprise)
  • elfogás noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)
  • fiaskó noun (failed enterprise)
  • kudarc noun (failed enterprise)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • brjóstmynd noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Ido

1 entries
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Irish

2 entries
  • busta noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • dealbh bhrád noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Italian

4 entries
  • arresto noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • busto noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • fare irruzione noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 乳房 noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • 半身像 noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • 胸像 noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Korean

2 entries
  • 앞가슴 noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • 흉상 noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Latvian

1 entries
  • biste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • biustas noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • byste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • byste noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • byste noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • byste noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Bossem noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • Brost noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Polish

4 entries
  • biust noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • biust noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • fiasko noun (failed enterprise)
  • klapa noun (failed enterprise)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • busto noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bust noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Russian

4 entries
  • бюст noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • бюст noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • же́нская грудь noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • налёт noun (act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bȉsta noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • би̏ста noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Slovak

1 entries
  • busta noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Spanish

4 entries
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • busto noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • fiasco noun (failed enterprise)
  • herma (on an estipite) noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Swedish

4 entries
  • byst noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)
  • byst noun (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)
  • arrestera verb ((slang) to arrest for a crime)
  • ertappa verb ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • busto noun (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • заско́чити verb ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal)

Sample sentences

29 total sentences available.

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A bust of Aristotle stands on a pedestal in the entryway.

Source: tatoeba (950923)

Grishkin is nice: her Russian eye is underlined for emphasis; uncorseted, her friendly bust gives promise of pneumatic bliss.

Source: tatoeba (1773010)

The company went bust, owing millions of dollars in unpaid wages and unfilled orders.

Source: tatoeba (3069409)

A lot of small businesses have gone bust in the last twelve months.

Source: tatoeba (3291581)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.