Usually means: Active with lots of movement.
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  1. bustling: Merriam-Webster
  2. bustling: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bustling: Vocabulary.com
  4. Bustling, bustling: Wordnik
  5. bustling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bustling: Wiktionary
  7. Bustling, bustling: Dictionary.com
  8. bustling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Bustling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. bustling: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. bustling: Rhymezone
  12. Bustling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. bustling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. bustling: FreeDictionary.org
  15. bustling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. bustling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. bustling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bustling: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. bustling: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
▸ noun:  A bustle; a busy stir.

Similar:
active, bustlesome, hustly-bustly, bustly, busy, boisterous, alive, happening, hectic, busie, more...

Opposite:
quiet, calm, peaceful, still, serene

Types:
crowded, busy, hectic, lively, animated, vibrant, more...

Phrases:
bustling commotion, bustling commotions, bustling center for economic growth, bustling room, frenetic bustling, more...

Adjectives:
more, great, busy, little, fresh, constant, usual, active, noisy, slight, sudden

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Similar:
active, bustlesome, hustly-bustly, bustly, busy, boisterous, alive, happening, hectic, busie, more...

Opposite:
quiet, calm, peaceful, still, serene

Types:
crowded, busy, hectic, lively, animated, vibrant, more...

Phrases:
bustling commotion, bustling commotions, bustling center for economic growth, bustling room, frenetic bustling, more...

Adjectives:
more, great, busy, little, fresh, constant, usual, active, noisy, slight, sudden

Colors:
    yellow,     orange,     red,     electric blue,     lime green, more...



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