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| Main Entry: | occupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy |
| Synonyms: | active, employed, engaged, engrossed, head over heels*, working, clocked up, tied up, too much on plate |
| Notes: | occupied means in use or seized and controlled as by military invasion; preoccupied means deeply absorbed in thought or having compulsive concern with something |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, unoccupied, not busy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inhabited; in use |
| Synonyms: | busy, engaged, full, populous, rented, settled, taken, unavailable, leased, lived-in, peopled, populated, utilized |
| Antonyms: | empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be busy with |
| Synonyms: | absorb, amuse, attend, busy, divert, employ, engage, engross, entertain, fill, immerse, interest, involve, monopolize, soak, take up, tie up, utilize, be active with, be concerned with, hold attention, keep busy, preoccupy |
| Antonyms: | idle, be inactive, be lazy |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reside; use |
| Synonyms: | cover, dwell, ensconce, establish, fill, hold, inhabit, involve, keep, maintain, own, people, permeate, pervade, populate, possess, remain, sit, stay, take up, tenant, utilize, be established, be in command, be in residence, live in |
| Antonyms: | not use |
| Main Entry: | occupy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
| Synonyms: | capture, conquer, garrison, hold, invade, keep, obtain, overrun, take possession |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
| 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: | 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 |
| Antonyms: | distracted, irresolute |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interested |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerned, curious |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, affected, attentive, biased, caught, drawn, engrossed, excited, fascinated, fired*, gone*, hooked*, implicated, impressed, inspired, intent, into*, involved, keen, moved, obsessed, occupied, open, partial, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, responsive, sold, stimulated, struck, sympathetic, taken, touched, attracted, awakened, eat sleep and breathe, enticed, inspirited, lured, on the case, roused, stirred |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, disinterested, unconcerned, incurious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | populous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | packed with inhabitants |
| Synonyms: | crawling, crowded, dense, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, settled, several, teeming, thick, various, voluminous, heavily populated, multitudinal, overpopulated, peopled, populated, swarming, thronged |
| Antonyms: | deserted |
| 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: | held |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | grasped |
| Synonyms: | adhered, defended, guarded, occupied, retained, taken, believed, clutched, controlled, detained, gripped |
| Antonyms: | freed, lost, released |
| Main Entry: | hustling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fast-moving |
| Synonyms: | active, busy, occupied, bustling |
| Main Entry: | rented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leased |
| Synonyms: | hired, lent, let, occupied, chartered, contracted, sublet, tenanted |
| 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: | 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: | involved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | implicated in action |
| Synonyms: | affected, caught, concerned, eat sleep and breathe, embarrassed, embroiled, enmeshed, entangled, hooked, immersed in, incriminated, interested, into, knee-deep in, mixed up in, mixed up with, occupied, participating, taking part in, tangled, up to here in, up to one's neck in |
| Antonyms: | blameless, exonerated |
| Main Entry: | entertained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diverted |
| Synonyms: | amused, charmed, delighted, engrossed, exhilarated, happy, interested, occupied, pleased, transported, beguiled, cheered, enjoying oneself, enthralled, entranced, having fun, relaxed, tickled |
| Antonyms: | bored, depressed, irritated |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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