Bust's opposite
The crossword clue "Bust's opposite" is answered by BOOM, a 4-letter entry. Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
BOOM
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the BOOM answer page.
Used 20 times across 16 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 1988. It appears in 10 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for BOOM
Every other clue in this collection answered by BOOM, most used first.
- Prosperous period - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Period of prosperity - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosive sound - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Explosion sound - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Prosperous time - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Cannon sound - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Bust alternative - used 10 times, most recently in 2011
- Growth period - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Loud sound - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Sound of an explosion - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Economic upswing - used 7 times, most recently in 2017
- Sonic ___ - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Prosperity - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
- Time of prosperity - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Opposite of "sans" - AVEC, used 108 times
- Opposite of aweather - ALEE, used 77 times
- Neatnik's opposite - SLOB, used 52 times
- Opposite of pro- - ANTI, used 41 times
- Pro's opposite - ANTI, used 40 times
- Opposite of fem. - MASC, used 39 times
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