Busy Synonyms and Antonyms

bĭzē
Engaged
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. employed
  2. engaged
  3. occupied
  4. diligent
  5. at work
  6. working
  7. industrious
  8. involved
  9. tied-up
  10. in conference
  11. in a meeting
  12. in the field
  13. on an assignment; with a customer
  14. with a patient
  15. etc.; on duty
  16. absorbed
  17. on-the-job
  18. active
  19. assiduous
  20. on-the-move
  21. attentive
  22. on-the-run
  23. brisk
  24. on the road
  25. hard-working
  26. distracting
  27. dynamic
  28. buried in
  29. busy-as-a-bee
  30. energetic
  31. hustling
  32. engrossed
  33. up to one's ears
  34. frantic
  35. up to one's neck
  36. hectic
  37. up to one's eyeballs
  38. hopping
  39. on the go
  40. humming
  41. on the jump
  42. intent
  43. hard at it
  44. intrusive
  45. having many irons in the fire
  46. laborious
  47. having other fish to fry
  48. lively
  49. meddlesome
  50. nosy
  51. officious
  52. operose
  53. persevering
  54. sedulous
  55. swamped
  56. tireless
  57. unavailable
  58. untiring
  59. vibrant
  60. in-use
Antonyms:
  1. idle
  2. unemployed
  3. unbusy
  4. unoccupied
  5. free
  6. not in use
  7. quiet
  8. available
  9. unengaged
Active
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bustling
  2. energetic
  3. lively
  4. hectic
Antonyms:
  1. inactive
  2. idle
  3. lazy
To make busy
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. occupy
  2. employ
  3. engage
Too crowded with detail
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. fussy
  2. cluttered
  3. diligent
  4. crowded
  5. industrious
  6. assiduous
  7. overelaborate
  8. sedulous
Officious
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. meddlesome
  2. interfering
  3. meddling
  4. curious
  5. forward
  6. intrusive
  7. obtrusive
  8. prying
  9. butting-in
  10. snoopy
  11. nosy
  12. pushy
  13. self-appointed
  14. officious
  15. busybodied
Engaged in activity, as work; occupied.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. active
In use
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. employed
  2. occupied
  3. in someone else's possession
  4. unavailable
  5. already taken
  6. full
Antonyms:
  1. not in use
  2. available
  3. free
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. assiduity
  2. engagement
  3. operosity
  4. sedulity

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Busy Sentence Examples

  • It's a large and busy hotel.

  • He was probably too busy with school to pay attention to politics.

  • It was a warm late afternoon as I stood out on the sidewalk and looked up at the six massive columns towering above another busy and impressive train station.

  • Cade had been busy this morning.

  • Moscow is chiefly busy with gossip, he continued.

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