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| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | engaged, at work |
| Synonyms: | active, already taken, assiduous, at it, buried, diligent, employed, engaged, engrossed, having a full plate, having enough on one's plate, having fish to fry, having many irons in the fire, hustling, in a meeting, in conference, in someone else's possession, in the field, in the laboratory, industrious, occupied, on assignment, on duty, on the go, overloaded, persevering, slaving, snowed, swamped, tied up, unavailable, up to one's ears, with a customer, working |
| Antonyms: | idle, quiet, unbusy, unemployed, unengaged |
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, on the go |
| Synonyms: | energetic, full, fussy, hectic, humming*, hustling, lively, restless, strenuous, tireless, tiring, bustling, busy as a beaver, popping |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, lazy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | busy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nosy, impertinent |
| Synonyms: | curious, forward, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, officious, prying, pushy, stirring, troublesome, butting in, interfering, nebby, snoopy |
| Main Entry: | assiduous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hard-working |
| Synonyms: | active, attentive, busy, constant, diligent, eager beaver*, exacting, grinding, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, persevering, scrupulous, sedulous, steady, studious, unflagging, untiring, whiz, zealous, plugging |
| Antonyms: | lazy, neglectful, negligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | diligent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | persevering, hard-working |
| Synonyms: | active, assiduous, attentive, busy, careful, conscientious, constant, eager, eager beaver*, earnest, grind*, indefatigable, industrious, laborious, occupied, operose, painstaking, persistent, pertinacious, sedulous, steadfast, studious, tireless, unflagging, unrelenting, untiring, persisting, plugging |
| Antonyms: | inactive, indifferent, languid, lazy, lethargic, negligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elaborate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intricate; involved |
| Synonyms: | busy, careful, complex, complicated, detailed, elegant, exact, extensive, extravagant, fancy, fussy, imposing, knotty, labored, labyrinthine, luxurious, minute, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overworked, painstaking, perfected, plush, posh, precise, prodigious, refined, showy, skillful, sophisticated, studied, thorough, decorated, embellished, garnished, high tech, highly wrought, many-faceted, ornamented, with all the extras, with all the options, with bells and whistles |
| Antonyms: | general, normal, plain, regular, simple, uncomplicated, usual, unelaborate, uninvolved |
| Main Entry: | employed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | working |
| Synonyms: | active, busy, engaged, hired, occupied, on duty*, operating, selected, signed, at it, at work, in a job, in collar, in harness, in place, inked, laboring, on board, on the job, on the payroll, plugging away |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, unemployed, unoccupied, unengaged |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hold one's attention |
| Synonyms: | absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog*, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, soak, take up, be hung, become lost, preoccupy, sew up, up on |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engrossed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preoccupied; attentive to |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, assiduous, busy, deep, diligent, engaged, fascinated, gone*, head over heels*, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, occupied, rapt, sedulous, all wound up, bugged, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, enthralled, fiend for, gripped, heavily into, monopolized, really into, riveted, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied, disenthralled, ignoring |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resourceful, energetic |
| Synonyms: | active, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead*, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, keen, lively, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, snappy, spanking, spark plug, spirited, stirring, up-and-coming*, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy*, advancing, coming on strong, go-go, gumptious, hard ball, itching, lusting, self-starting, take-over |
| Antonyms: | inactive, passive, unimaginative, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unresourceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | immersed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deeply involved with |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, busy, deep, engaged, engrossed, intent, into*, occupied, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, bound-up, buried, consumed, eat sleep and breathe, mesmerized, taken up, tied up, turned on, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, neglectful, negligent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | industrious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hardworking |
| Synonyms: | active, assiduous, burning, busy, conscientious, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, grind*, intent, involved, jumping, laborious, operose, perky*, persevering, persistent, productive, purposeful, sedulous, spirited, steady, tireless, zealous, ball of fire, in full swing, on the go, plugging, psyched up on |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, indolent, lackadaisical, lazy, lethargic, slack, unemployed, unproductive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meddlesome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interfering |
| Synonyms: | busy, busybody*, curious, impertinent, intrusive, meddling, mischievous, nosy, officious, prying, pushy, troublesome, chiseling, encumbering, hindering, impeding, intermeddling, interposing, interrupting, intruding, kibitzing, obstructive, snooping, snoopy, tampering |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, avoiding, dodging |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obtrusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pushy, obvious |
| Synonyms: | bulging, busy, forward, impertinent, importunate, intrusive, jutting, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, noticeable, officious, presumptuous, projecting, prominent, prying, interfering, prognathous, protruding, protuberant, sticking out |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, unobtrusive |
| Main Entry: | officious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | self-important, dictatorial |
| Synonyms: | busy, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, obtrusive, opinionated, pragmatic, pushy, rude, interfering, overzealous |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | modest, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | on duty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | working |
| Synonyms: | busy, engaged, obliged, working, at work, clocked in, clocked in punched in, in a job, in gear, laboring, on the job, punched in |
| Main Entry: | ornate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancily decorated |
| Synonyms: | adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glossy, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ostentatious, overdone, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, superficial, tawdry, variegated, bedecked, embroidered, glitzy, high-wrought, jeweled, ornamented, overelaborate |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple |
| Main Entry: | rapt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, bewitched, blissful, busy, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, happy, held, hung up*, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, beguiled, captivated, carried away, caught up in, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, ravished, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rousing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stirring |
| Synonyms: | active, alert, animated, astir, bright, brisk, buoyant, busy, dashing, energetic, enthusiastic, frisky, industrious, jumping, lively, peppy*, perky, refreshing, snappy, spirited, spry, stimulating, vigorous, zippy*, bouncy, bustling, buzzing, chirpy, full of pep, hyper |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sedulous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assiduous |
| Synonyms: | active, busy, determined, diligent, industrious, laborious, persevering, tireless, hard-working, plugging |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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