BUSTED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BUSTED?

Need another word that means the same as “busted”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “busted” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Busted” are: broken

Busted as an Adjective

Definitions of "Busted" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busted” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Lacking funds.
• Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken.

Synonyms of "Busted" as an adjective (1 Word)

broken

Having been broken. The coke machine is broken.

Usage Examples of "Busted" as an adjective

• The coke machine is busted.

Associations of "Busted" (30 Words)

bout	A wrestling or boxing match. A drinking bout.
breach	A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions. A breach of confidence.
break	Dance music featuring breakbeats. The management are out to break the union.
breaker	Any CB radio user. A rule breaker.
broken	Out of working order busted is an informal substitute for broken. A broken note.
cleave	Come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation. The egg cleaves to form a mulberry shaped cluster of cells.
cleft	Split, divided, or partially divided into two. He had a cleft chin and strong jaw.
cracked	Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular. The old pipes were cracked and leaking.
crush	The act of crushing. It turns out she thought you were flirting with her crush.
destroy	Destroy completely damage irreparably. He has been determined to destroy her.
detriment	A cause of harm or damage. Such tests are a detriment to good education.
disassemble	Take (something) to pieces. The piston can be disassembled for transport.
disintegrate	Break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity. Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet.
dismantle	Take off or remove. The old regime was dismantled.
dispersal	The action or process of distributing or spreading things or people over a wide area. Dispersals of archaic populations.
divisible	Capable of being divided. 24 is divisible by 4.
fracture	Fracture a bone of. Obsidian shows a conchoidal fracture.
intermission	A pause or break. The daily work goes on without intermission.
interruption	An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity. The telephone is an annoying interruption.
partible	(of e.g. property) capable of being parted or divided. The entire family lost status as a consequence of partible inheritance.
piece	Repair by adding pieces. Each employee owns a piece of the company.
quash	Reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure. A hospital executive quashed rumours that nursing staff will lose jobs.
recess	Put into a recess. A table set into a recess.
rupture	State of being torn or burst open. Once trust and confidence has been ruptured it can be difficult to regain.
shatter	Damage or destroy. Bullets riddled the bar top glasses shattered bottles exploded.
smash	An act or sound of something smashing. The window smashed.
snap	Move with a snapping sound. A cold snap.
split	An instance or act of splitting or being split a division. The river had split into a number of channels.
sunder	Break apart or in two, using violence. A universe sundered ages ago in a divine war.