Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bustle

1 sense of bustle

Sense 1
bustle, bustle about, hustle -- (move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Antonyms of adj bustling

1 sense of bustling

Sense 1
bustling -- (full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city")

INDIRECT (VIA active) -> inactive -- (lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery")

Similarity of adj bustling

1 sense of bustling

Sense 1
bustling -- (full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city")
       => active (vs. inactive) -- (full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account")