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busty

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈbʌsti/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʌsti
  • CMU ARPABET: B AH1 S T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having large breasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I could see a busty blonde at the end of the boardwalk.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

(of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes
  • a curvy young woman in a tight dress

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bosomy, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English bust Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English busty From bust (“breast”) + -y.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثَدْيَاء (ṯadyāʔ) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Belarusian: груда́сты (hrudásty) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Bengali: পীনোন্নতস্তনী (pinonnôtostôni) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Bengali: পীনোন্নত পয়োধরা (pinonnôto pôyodhôra) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Catalan: mamelluda — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乳房豐滿的 /乳房丰满的 (rǔfáng fēngmǎn de) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大胸脯的 (dà xiōngpú de) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Czech: prsatý — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Dutch: rondborstig — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Finnish: povekas — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Finnish: isorintainen — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Finnish: rintava — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • French: pulpeux — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • French: à la poitrine planteuse — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • French: plantureuse — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • German: vollbusig — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Italian: procace — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Japanese: バストの大きい (basuto no ōkii) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Latin: mammōsus — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: barmfager — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Polish: piersiasty — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Polish: cycaty — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Polish: biuściasty — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Portuguese: peituda — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Russian: груда́стый (grudástyj) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Russian: груда́стая (grudástaja) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Sanskrit: पीनोत्तुङ्गस्तनी (pīnottuṅgastanī) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: tetuda — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: tetona — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: pechugona — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: chichona — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: bustona — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Spanish: melonera — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Swedish: storbystad — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Ukrainian: груда́стий (hrudástyj) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Ukrainian: груда́ста (hrudásta) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Ukrainian: груди́стий (hrudýstyj) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Ukrainian: груди́ста (hrudýsta) — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Unami: amànkìne — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)
  • Welsh: bronnog — having large breasts (note some translations are in feminine gender only)