| 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
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| 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
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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