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| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | promised to be married |
| Synonyms: | affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked*, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady |
| Antonyms: | available, uninvolved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engaged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | operating; busy |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, committed, deep, doing, employed, engrossed, immersed, intent, interested, involved, occupied, performing, preoccupied, pursuing, rapt, signed, unavailable, working, at work, connected with, dealing in, in place, in use, practicing, tied up, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | disengaged, inoperable, not working |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hire for job, use |
| Synonyms: | appoint, bespeak, book, charter, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, lease, place, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, take on, bring on board, come on board, ink, prearrange, sign on, sign up, truck with |
| Antonyms: | banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, oust, release, let go |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy oneself; engross |
| Synonyms: | absorb, allure, arrest, bewitch, busy, captivate, catch, charm, draw, embark on, employ, enamor, enchant, enter into, enthrall, fascinate, grip*, imbue, immerse, interest, involve, join, monopolize, partake, participate, pitch in, practice, soak, tackle*, tie up, undertake, give a try, give a whirl, go for broke, go in for, go out for, have a fling at, have a go at, have a shot at, keep busy, preengage, preoccupy, set about, take part, try on for size |
| Antonyms: | decline, refuse, reject, shun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | promise to marry |
| Synonyms: | affiance, agree, betroth, bind, catch, commit, contract, covenant, give one's word, guarantee, hook, obligate, oblige, pass, pledge, tie, troth, turn on*, undertake, vouch, vow |
| Antonyms: | break off, break up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a fight; attack |
| Synonyms: | assail, assault, combat, encounter, face, launch, meet, strike, take on, do battle with, fall on, give battle to, join battle with |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield, give up |
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interconnect; bring into operation |
| Synonyms: | activate, apply, attach, dovetail, energize, fasten, interact, interlace, interlock, interplay, join, lock, mesh, get going, intermesh, switch on |
| Antonyms: | cancel, defuse, disconnect |
| Main Entry: | absorbed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being completely occupied mentally |
| Synonyms: | engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels*, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, captivated, consumed, deep in thought, really into, up to here, wrapped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | 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: | intent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | determined, resolute |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, alert, attentive, bent, bound, committed, concentrated, decided, decisive, deep, eager, earnest, engaged, engrossed, enthusiastic, firm, fixed, hell-bent*, immersed, industrious, intense, occupied, piercing, preoccupied, rapt, set, settled, steadfast, steady, watchful, watching, attending, concentrating, minding, resolved, riveted, wrapped up |
| Notes: | intent implies a sustained unbroken commitment or purpose, while intention would imply an intermittent resolution or an initial aim or plan |
| Antonyms: | distracted, irresolute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | matrimonial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | married |
| Synonyms: | conjugal, connubial, engaged, marital, nuptial, wedded, wedding, betrothed, epithalamic, espoused, spousal |
| Antonyms: | divorce |
| 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: | preoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy; mentally caught up in something |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, asleep*, daydreaming, deep*, distracted, engaged, engrossed, faraway, fascinated, forgetful, heedless, hung up*, immersed, intent, lost, oblivious, obsessed, rapt, removed, spellbound, unaware, airheaded, bemused, bugged, distrait, have on the brain, inconscient, lost in thought, mooning, moony, spread out, taken up, woolgathering, wrapped-up |
| Antonyms: | observant, thoughtful, unoccupied |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | working |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, occupied |
| Synonyms: | alive, busy, dynamic, effective, employed, engaged, hot*, live, moving, on fire, operative, practical, running, useful, viable, functioning, going, in a job, in force, in full swing, in gear, in process, laboring, on the job, on track |
| Antonyms: | idle, inoperative, passive, unoccupied, unworking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caught up (in) |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, attentive, engaged, engrossed, lost, rapt |
| Main Entry: | enlisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recruited |
| Synonyms: | engaged, enrolled, entered, inducted, joined, registered, volunteered, commissioned, drafted, lined up, signed up |
| Main Entry: | knotted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tied |
| Synonyms: | bent, coiled, engaged, fastened, gnarled, knotty, linked, perplexed, seized, spliced, tangled, twisted, banded, braided, bunched, clinched, clumped, clustered, entangled, hitched, intertwined, lashed, lassoed, looped, meshed, snagged, snarled, warped, whirled |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, separate |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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