Synonyms and Antonyms of bustling
1
involved in often constant activity
- a bustling greeter was there to welcome guests to the grand opening
active, assiduous, busy, diligent, employed, engaged, hopping, industrious, laborious, occupied, sedulous, tied-up, working
knee-deep, swamped
animated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant
absorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused (also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupied
alive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, running
energetic, vigorous
hardworking
indefatigable, tireless, untiring
2
marked by much life, movement, or activity
- a bustling shopping center during the Christmas season
aboil, abubble, abuzz, alive, animated, astir, brisk, busy, buzzing, flourishing, happening, hopping, humming, kinetic, lively, rousing, stirring, thriving, vibrant
