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engrossed

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Main Entry: engross
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold one's attention

Synonyms:

absorb, apply, arrest, assimilate, attract, be hung, become lost, bewitch, busy, captivate, consume, corner, engage, engulf, enrapture, enthrall, fascinate, fill, grip, hog, immerse, involve, monopolize, occupy, preoccupy, sew up, soak, take up, up on

Antonyms:

forget, ignore, reject, repulse, turn off
Main Entry: engrossed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: preoccupied; attentive to

Synonyms:

absorbed, all wound up, assiduous, bugged, busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, deep, diligent, engaged, enthralled, fascinated, fiend for, gone*, gripped, head over heels, heavily into, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, monopolized, occupied, rapt, really into, riveted, sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up

Antonyms:

bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied
Main Entry: absent-minded
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: out to lunch

Synonyms:

absent, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded, airheaded, bemused, careless, daydreaming, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, goofing off, head in the clouds, heedless, inattentive, inconscient, lost, mooning, moony, oblivious, out to lunch, pipe dreaming, preoccupied, remote, removed, scatterbrained, space cadet, spacey, spacey, surroundings, unaware of events, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, woolgathering

Antonyms:

alert, attentive, aware
Main Entry: absorb
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: occupy complete attention

Synonyms:

captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet

Antonyms:

distract
Main Entry: absorbed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being completely occupied mentally

Synonyms:

captivated, consumed, deep in thought, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, really into, up to here, wrapped up

Antonyms:

bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested
Main Entry: arrest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get someone's attention

Synonyms:

absorb, catch, engage, engross, fascinate, grip
Main Entry: autograph
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: write signature

Synonyms:

endorse, engross, handwrite, ink, inscribe, pen, sign, signature, subscribe, write by hand
Main Entry: beguile
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: charm

Synonyms:

amuse, attract, cheer, delight, distract, divert, engross, entertain, entice, knock dead, knock out, lure, occupy, seduce, send, slay, solace, sweep off one's feet, tickle, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, vamp, wow*
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: comprise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make up, consist of

Synonyms:

add up to, amount to, be composed of, be contained in, compass, compose, comprehend, constitute, contain, cover, embody, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, engross, form, hold, include, incorporate, involve, span, subsume, sum up, take in
Notes: compose is preferred when the parts of the whole being assembled are regarded as nonconcrete and more general; when the parts are concrete and specific, then constitute is more appropriate, and then there is comprise, which can mean 'comprehending or encompassing certain parts'
comprise means literally 'embrace': a zoo comprises mammals, reptiles, and birds (because it 'embraces' or includes them), but animals do not comprise ('embrace') a zoo, they constitute a zoo

Antonyms:

except, exclude, fail, fall short, lack, need, want
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