Bustle

//ˈbʌsəl//

Synonyms for "bustle" (253 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Noun(2 words)
adohustle

Strong matches (76)

Verb(2 words)
flithum

Related words (126)

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has context

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is a

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manner of

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Translations

61 translations across 23 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • روينة noun (excited activity)

Armenian

1 entries
  • իրարանցում noun (excited activity)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • суетня noun (excited activity)
  • турнюр noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)
  • гъмжа verb (to teem or abound (with))
  • суетя се verb (to move busily and energetically)

Catalan

3 entries
  • bullícia noun (excited activity)
  • bullir verb (to teem or abound (with))
  • trafeguejar verb (to move busily and energetically)

Dutch

1 entries
  • cul de Paris noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hyörintä noun (excited activity)
  • kihinä noun (excited activity)
  • säpinä noun (excited activity)
  • taustalevy noun (cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine)

French

4 entries
  • affairement noun (excited activity)
  • agitation noun (excited activity)
  • branlebas noun (excited activity)
  • remue-ménage noun (excited activity)

German

2 entries
  • Hektik noun (excited activity)
  • hasten verb (to move busily and energetically)

Italian

4 entries
  • andirivieni noun (excited activity)
  • sottana noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)
  • viavai noun (excited activity)
  • affaccendarsi verb (to move busily and energetically)

Japanese

1 entries
  • バッスル noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)

Latvian

2 entries
  • možums noun (excited activity)
  • rosme noun (excited activity)

Māori

2 entries
  • pōwaiwai noun (excited activity)
  • toritori verb (to move busily and energetically)

Norman

1 entries
  • tinné noun (excited activity)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • travelhet noun (excited activity)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • قیزغینلق noun (excited activity)

Polish

1 entries
  • bieganina noun (excited activity)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • freneticidade noun (excited activity)

Romanian

2 entries
  • freamăt noun (excited activity)
  • turnură noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)

Russian

4 entries
  • переполо́х noun (excited activity)
  • суета́ noun (excited activity)
  • сумато́ха noun (excited activity)
  • изобиловать verb (to teem or abound (with))

Spanish

4 entries
  • ajetreo noun (excited activity)
  • polisón noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)
  • abundar verb (to teem or abound (with))
  • ajetrear verb (to move busily and energetically)

Swedish

1 entries
  • turnyr noun (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • метуши́тися verb (to move busily and energetically)

Walloon

1 entries
  • rimowe-manaedje noun (excited activity)

Sample sentences

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Living in the noise and bustle of a large city, we sometimes feel like going into the country.

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Only my seat is cut off from that bustle.

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Bustle up, you boys!

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What bustle in the streets!

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