Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "buster" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

ball-buster ballbuster balloon-buster belly buster belly-buster block-buster blockbuster booze-buster brainbuster brick-buster bronco buster bronco-buster broncobuster bunker buster bust-out man chartbuster cloudbuster come a buster crime buster crime-buster crimebuster cultbuster dam-buster dambuster doorbuster drugbuster dust buster dustbuster facebuster fisherman buster fort-buster gangbuster gangbusters ghostbuster gutbuster have a buster knuckle-buster middlebuster mythbuster old buster price buster quackbuster racketbuster rate-buster ratebuster rodbuster rust-buster scud-buster ship-buster skull-buster slumpbuster sodbuster spinebuster stressbuster stubble buster swampbuster tankbuster thirst-buster trustbuster unionbuster

Derived From

bust

Etymologically Related To

burster bust er

Context

also australian law enforcement military new zealand performing arts regional slang us variously expressing familiarity admiration or hostility

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

actor adult male child doer equestrian fry horseback rider kid man minor nestling nipper shaver small fry tiddler tike tyke worker youngster

Type Of (IsA)

child person

Related Terms

binge bread break broncobuster burst crab destroy drinking etc fall gale heavy large loaf loud molting overpower person pratfall remarkable someone something southerly buster specified spree staged strong tame thing wind

Synonym Network

baby buster bronco buster fellow

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