Meaning & use

busty

adjective·Everyday

Having large breasts, used to describe a woman's figure.

See it in a sentence

The costume designer needed extra fabric for the busty lead actress.

Old film posters often exaggerated actresses as impossibly busty and glamorous.

A note on using this word

Informal and physically descriptive; it can sound blunt or objectifying, so it is rarely used in polite or professional writing.

Words with a similar meaning

curvyfull-figured

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Words with an opposite meaning

flat-chested

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