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preoccupied

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Main Entry: preoccupied
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: busy; mentally caught up in something

Synonyms:

absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, airheaded, asleep, bemused, bugged, daydreaming, deep*, distracted, distrait, engaged, engrossed, faraway, fascinated, forgetful, have on the brain, heedless, hung up, immersed, inconscient, intent, lost, lost in thought, mooning, moony, oblivious, obsessed, rapt, removed, spellbound, spread out, taken up, unaware, woolgathering, wrapped-up
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:

observant, thoughtful, unoccupied
Main Entry: preoccupy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: absorb

Synonyms:

assimilate, comprehend, consume, digest, engross, follow, get into, get*, grasp, immerse, incorporate, latch onto, learn, monopolize, sense, soak up, take in, understand
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cadet, spacey, spacey, surroundings, unaware of events, unconscious, unheeding, unmindful, unobservant, unthinking, withdrawn, woolgathering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: attentive
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: concentrating

Synonyms:

alert, all ears, awake, aware, conscientious, enrapt, enthralled, fascinated, glued, hanging on every word, heedful, hooked, immersed, intent, interested, listening, mindful, observant, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, preoccupied, regardful, studious, vigilant, watchful

Antonyms:

disregarding, heedless, ignorant, inattentive, inconsiderate, neglectful, neglecting
Main Entry: consume
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: use up

Synonyms:

absorb, apply, avail oneself of, deplete, devour, dissipate, dominate, drain, drivel, eat up, employ, engross, exhaust, expend, finish, finish up, fritter away, frivol away, go, go through, have recourse to, lavish, lessen, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, profit by, put away, put to use, run out of, run through, spend, squander, throw away, trifle, utilize, vanish, wash up, waste, wear out

Antonyms:

accumulate, collect, gather, neglect, not use, store
Main Entry: deep
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: absorbed, engrossed in activity

Synonyms:

abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, fixed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped, wrapped up

Antonyms:

flighty, superficial
Main Entry: dreamy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: illusory, romantic

Synonyms:

abstracted, astral, calming, chimerical, daydreaming, excellent, fanciful, fantastic, gentle, idealistic, imaginary, immaterial, impractical, intangible, introspective, introvertive, lulling, marvelous, misty, musing, mythical, nightmarish, otherworldly, out of this world, pensive, phantasmagoric, phantasmagorical, preoccupied, quixotic, relaxing, shadowy, soothing, speculative, unreal, unsubstantial, utopian, vague, visionary, whimsical

Antonyms:

horrible, terrible, unromantic
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, give a try, give a whirl, go for broke, go in for, go out for, grip*, have a fling at, have a go at, have a shot at, imbue, immerse, interest, involve, join, keep busy, monopolize, partake, participate, pitch in, practice, preengage, preoccupy, set about, soak, tackle*, take part, tie up, try on for size, undertake

Antonyms:

decline, refuse, reject, shun
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