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Definition of bust : 1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

Synonyms:

go against, conk out, deplumate, rent, impoverish, gentle, break down, weary, bristle, floating-point operation, downgrade, wear, fracture, outwear, nab, violate, binge, explode, break, punch, click, break up, go bad, bear, snag, fall in, snarl, endure, pause, burst, hissing, relegate, reduce, give way, put on, pluck, hushing, rip, orgy, master, round, ruin, erupt, fall apart, go under, attack, pop, arrest, bosom, disclose, snap off, female chest, fold, transgress, pick up, wear upon, better, jade, tire, break off, part, whack, come apart, check, torso, wear thin, weaken, displume, wild, damp, money, hiss, shoot, chest, law, run in, pauperize, breast, break dance, breach, demote, stop, let out, spat, bankrupt, stony-broke, splurge, split, hold out, break out, sibilation, snap, broke, go to pieces, buffet, rupture, wear off, get around, box, foray into, clip, interrupt, infract, have on, cave in, offend, raid, cuff, get out, fizzle, fatigue, abound, dud, wear out, discover, buck, don, expose, break away, assume, soften, discontinue, reveal, snatch up, explosion, kick downstairs, founder, teardrop, blow, tire out, give out, tame, head, wear down, collar, crack, unwrap, washout, break open, degrade, seize, help, dampen, give away, develop, strike, bout, apprehend, smack, deplume, divulge, separate, fag out, clean out, let on, rise, crumble, poor, break in, go, die, recrudesce, flick, get into, slap, pinch, crash, bump, split up, skint, turn, bring out, snatch, pull, intermit, smash, lose it, stone-broke, shoot down, charge, spank, tear, give, swat

fall, flounder, blunder, stumble, flop, fail, collapse, lose, falter, flunk

carving, effigy, duplication, likeness, cast, approximation, illustration, statue, metaphor, imitation, model, silhouette, drawing, image, copy, facsimile, portrayal, impression, picture, depiction, pastiche, analogy, miniature, photograph, replica, snapshot, representation, cartoon, outline, rendering, figurine, idol

figure, mannequin, cameo, bronze, molding, sculpture, relief

fiasco, debacle, thrashing, miscarriage, noncompletion, trouncing, downfall, failure, waterloo

Usage examples:

• Her shoulders and bust were superb, and her small head was beautifully set on a lovely, rather long, neck. - "The Woman With The Fan", Robert Hichens.
• Napoleon's own portrait was made in full length twice, and in bust ten times. - "The Tapestry Book", Helen Churchill Candee.
• But one can no more think of a full- blown civilization without tailors than one can imagine a complex state of society in which, for example, the contemporary Saturday Evening Post would publish its Exclusive Saturday Evening Styles, and gentlemen would habitually buy their patterns by bust- measure and cut out their new suits at home on the dining- room table. - "The Perfect Gentleman", Ralph Bergengren.