Synonyms for Busy:

adj.
• active
- animated
- bustling
- dynamic
- eager
- energetic
- fireball
- hard-working
- hyper
- industrious
- lively
- moving
- spirited
- sprightly
- stirring
- tireless
- vivacious
- forcible
- perky
- quickest
• contracted
- hired
• hired
- signed up
• immersed
- bound up
- bound-up
- eat sleep and breathe
- boundup
- eat sleep breathe
- more bound up
- more bound-up
- more boundup
- more mesmerized
- most bound up
- most bound-up
- most boundup
- most mesmerized
- pre occupied
- pre-occupied
• occupied
- lived in
- lived-in
- peopled
• traveled
- well-used
- widely known
• working
- in process
- on duty
- on track
• all
- busy
• assiduous
- ex acting
- ex-acting
- more plugging
- most plugging
- steady
- un flagging
- un tiring
- un-flagging
- un-tiring
• diligent
- Operose
- grindest
- more diligent
- more persisting
- most persisting
- persistent
- steadfast
- un relenting
- un-relenting
• earnest
- de voted
- de-voted
- more perseverant
- most fervid
- most perseverant
• elaborate
- de tailed
- de-tailed
- embellished
- ex act
- ex tensive
- ex-act
- many faceted
- manyfaceted
- more decorated
- more elaborate
- more embellished
- more garnished
- more luxurious
- more many faceted
- more many-faceted
- more manyfaceted
- more ornamented
- most decorated
- most embellished
- most garnished
- most many faceted
- most many-faceted
- most manyfaceted
- most ornamented
- over done
- over worked
- over-done
- over-worked
- re fined
- with all extras
- with all options
- with bells and whistles
- with bells whistles
- with extras
- with options
- with the extras
- with the options
• employed
- in job
- more inked
- more laboring
- most inked
- most laboring
- on job
- on payroll
- on the payroll
• engrossed
- caught in
- heavily in to
- in tent
- in to
- more bugged
- more captivated
- more consumed
- more enthralled
- more gripped
- more in to
- more into
- more monopolized
- more riveted
- more submerged
- most bugged
- most captivated
- most consumed
- most enthralled
- most gripped
- most in to
- most into
- most monopolized
- most riveted
- most submerged
- really in to
- sub merged
- sub-merged
- taken with
- up here in
• enterprising
- GOGO
- coming strong
- go go
- goahead
- hard ball
- more advancing
- more craving
- more go go
- more go-go
- more gogo
- more gumptious
- more itching
- more lusting
- more self starting
- more self-starting
- more selfstarting
- more take over
- more take-over
- more takeover
- more yearning
- most advancing
- most craving
- most go go
- most go-go
- most gogo
- most gumptious
- most itching
- most lusting
- most self starting
- most self-starting
- most selfstarting
- most take over
- most take-over
- most takeover
- most yearning
- self starting
- self-starting
- selfstarting
- take-over
- up and coming
• florid
- figurative
- high flown
- highflown
- more euphuistic
- most euphuistic
- over blown
- over-blown
• humming
- more hopping
- most hopping
• industrious
- ball fire
- on go
- psyched on
- psyched upon
• jammed
- de luged
- de-luged
- more crammed
- more deluged
- more flooded
- more mobbed
- more swarming
- most crammed
- most deluged
- most flooded
- most mobbed
- most swarming
- over crowded
- over flowing
- over-crowded
- over-flowing
• meddlesome
- Interrupting
- impeding
- inter meddling
- inter posing
- inter-meddling
- inter-posing
- more busybody
- more chiseling
- more encumbering
- more hindering
- more impeding
- more intermeddling
- more interposing
- more interrupting
- more intruding
- more kibitzing
- more meddling
- more obstructive
- more snooping
- more tampering
- most busybody
- most chiseling
- most encumbering
- most hindering
- most impeding
- most intermeddling
- most interposing
- most interrupting
- most intruding
- most kibitzing
- most meddling
- most obstructive
- most snooping
- most tampering
• nosy, impertinent
- butting in
• ornate
- glossy
• studious
- well-informed
n.
- immersed in something
- knee-deep
- rushed/run off your feet
- heavy
- Rented
- available
- cramped
- action
- answer
- simple
• on duty
- duty
v.
• engage
- Preengaged
- Preengaging
- be witch
- be witches
- be witching
- be-witch
- be-witches
- be-witching
- embarking on
- enter in to
- entering into
- gave a try
- gave a whirl
- gave try
- gave whirl
- give try
- give whirl
- gives a try
- gives a whirl
- gives try
- gives whirl
- giving a try
- giving a whirl
- giving try
- giving whirl
- goes for broke
- goes in for
- goes out for
- going in for
- going out for
- had a fling at
- had a go at
- had a shot at
- had fling at
- had go at
- had shot at
- haddest a fling at
- haddest a go at
- haddest a shot at
- haddest fling at
- haddest go at
- haddest shot at
- hadst a fling at
- hadst a go at
- hadst a shot at
- hadst fling at
- hadst go at
- hadst shot at
- has a fling at
- has a go at
- has a shot at
- has fling at
- has go at
- has shot at
- hast a fling at
- hast a go at
- hast a shot at
- hast fling at
- hast go at
- hast shot at
- hath a fling at
- hath a go at
- hath a shot at
- hath fling at
- hath go at
- hath shot at
- have fling at
- have go at
- have shot at
- having a fling at
- having a go at
- having a shot at
- having fling at
- having go at
- having shot at
- keeping busy
- keeps busy
- kept busy
- pre engage
- pre engaged
- pre engages
- pre engaging
- pre occupies
- pre occupy
- pre occupying
- pre-engage
- pre-engaged
- pre-engages
- pre-engaging
- pre-occupies
- pre-occupy
- pre-occupying
- preengages
- sets about
- setting about
- takes part
- tried for size
- tried on for size
- tries for size
- tries on for size
- trying for size
- trying on for size
- under take
- under taken
- under takes
- under taking
- under took
- under-taken
- under-takes
- under-taking
- went for broke
- went in for
- went out for
• engross
- am hung
- are hung
- art hung
- became lost
- becomes lost
- becoming lost
- being hung
- is hung
- sewing up
- sews up
- upped on
- upping on
- ups on
- was hung
- wast hung
- were hung
- wert hung
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call
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thick
through

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• diligent

never-tiring

• engaged

• engrossed

rapt

• industrious

studious
up-and-coming

• occupy

• unstable

unsettled

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Independent
- Adjective
  heavy, intense, lively, loaded, occupied, overloaded, overwhelmed, prosperous, responsible, Occupying.
- Proper noun, singular
  occupied.
- Noun, singular or mass
  occupied.
- Verb, past tense
  filled, handled, planted, Acted, Chaired, Dealt, Managed, Performed, Served.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  made.
Other Related
- Adjective
  bustling, congested, hectic, intensive, overburdened, overcrowded.
- Verb, past tense
  occupied.

What are the hypernyms for Busy?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for busy (as verbs)
- social
  potter, play around, dabble, smatter, putter.

What are the hyponyms for Busy?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for busy (as verbs)
- social
  work.

What are the opposite words for busy?

Antonyms represent the polar opposite of a word, and in the case of "busy," some fitting antonyms include "idle," "free," "leisurely," and "unoccupied." While busy is characterized by a hectic pace, a lack of time, and a constant flurry of activity, idle implies a lack of movement or action. Similarly, being free or leisurely means that there is no pressing urgency, and one has ample leisure time to spend on things they enjoy. Lastly, unoccupied means that a person or a place is not being used or filled with any activity. In all, antonyms can help paint a more well-rounded picture of a word by contrasting its meaning with its opposite.

What are the antonyms for Busy?

adj.
• abandoned, unoccupied
- deserted
• all
- idle
• boring, uneventful
- humdrum
• calm, not moving
- motionless
• deserted
- be reft
- be-reft
- de relict
- de solate
- de-relict
- de-solate
- left in the lurch
- left stranded
- more relinquished
- most relinquished
- neglected
- solitary
- un couth
- un-couth
• dull, slow-moving
- sluggish
• empty
- de sert
- de spoiled
- de void
- de-sert
- de-spoiled
- de-void
- more despoiled
- more evacuated
- more unfurnished
- most despoiled
- most evacuated
- most unfurnished
- un filled
- un furnished
- un-filled
- un-furnished
- unfurnished
- wastest
• empty; unoccupied
- vacant
• engaged, at work
- inactive
- lazy
- quiet
- unbusy
- unemployed
- unengaged
- unoccupied
• free
- COMP
- Chargeless
- Open-handed
- Unenslaved
- all owed
- all-owed
- at large
- at leisure
- at liberty
- autonomic
- big hearted
- comper
- compest
- costless
- dis engaged
- dis-engaged
- fancy free
- fancyfree
- for love
- free of cost
- free spirited
- free wheeling
- free-spirited
- freespirited
- freest
- freewheeling
- in dependent
- in formal
- in-dependent
- in-formal
- more allowed
- more chargeless
- more costless
- more emancipated
- more enfranchised
- more free wheeling
- more free-spirited
- more free-wheeling
- more freebie
- more freespirited
- more freewheeling
- more handout
- more liberated
- more open handed
- more open-handed
- more self ruling
- more self-directing
- more self-ruling
- more selfdirecting
- more selfruling
- more unengaged
- more unenslaved
- more unhampered
- more unregimented
- more untrammeled
- most allowed
- most autonomic
- most chargeless
- most costless
- most free spirited
- most free wheeling
- most free-spirited
- most free-wheeling
- most freebie
- most freespirited
- most freewheeling
- most handout
- most liberated
- most self directing
- most self ruling
- most self-directing
- most self-ruling
- most selfdirecting
- most selfruling
- most unengaged
- most unenslaved
- most unhampered
- most unregimented
- most untrammeled
- not tied down
- off the hook
- on cuff
- on house
- on loose
- on one own
- on one's own
- on ones own
- on own
- open handed
- self governing
- self ruling
- self-directing
- self-ruling
- selfdirecting
- selfgoverning
- selfruling
- sui juris
- un committed
- un confined
- un constrained
- un engaged
- un enslaved
- un fettered
- un hampered
- un impeded
- un obstructed
- un paid
- un recompensed
- un regimented
- un regulated
- un restricted
- un stinging
- un used
- un-attached
- un-committed
- un-confined
- un-employed
- un-enslaved
- un-fettered
- un-hampered
- un-impeded
- un-obstructed
- un-paid
- un-recompensed
- un-regulated
- un-restricted
- un-stinging
- un-trammeled
- un-used
- unhampered
- unregimented
- unstinging
- untrammeled
• humdrum
- banausic
- dime dozen
- garden variety
- gardenvariety
- in sipid
- in-sipid
- mono-tone
- more banausic
- more monotone
- more plodding
- more toneless
- more treadmill
- more unvaried
- more white bread
- more white-bread
- more whitebread
- most banausic
- most monotone
- most plodding
- most toneless
- most treadmill
- most unvaried
- most white bread
- most white-bread
- most whitebread
- prosier
- prosiest
- prosy
- repetitious
- toneless
- un interesting
- un varied
- un-interesting
- un-varied
- unvaried
- white bread
- white-bread
- whitebread
• idle
- in significant
- inert
- more laid off
- more unhelpful
- most laid off
- most mothballed
- most unhelpful
- not serious
- of no avail
- on the bench
- on the shelf
- un availing
- un helpful
- un necessary
- un productive
- un successful
- un-availing
- un-necessary
- un-productive
- un-successful
- unhelpful
• inactive
- do nothing
- donothing
- draggier
- draggiest
- draggy
- in active
- in holding pattern
- in operative
- in-active
- in-operative
- low key
- lowkey
- more do nothing
- more do-nothing
- more donothing
- more mothballed
- most do nothing
- most do-nothing
- most donothing
- mothballed
- on hold
- out action
- out commission
- out of action
- out of service
- out service
- out work
• indolent
- Drony
- dronier
- droniest
- indolent
- re sting
- re-sting
- slowgoing
• inert
- in animate
- in-animate
- more sluggard
- most sluggard
- most unreactive
- un moving
- un reactive
- un responsive
- un-moving
- un-reactive
- un-responsive
- unreactive
• lazy, negligent
- slack
• lazy, sluggish
- lethargic
• lethargic
- having spring fever
- in different
- in-different
- laid back
- laidback
- more laggard
- more nebbish
- more sleepyhead
- most laggard
- most nebbish
- most sleepyhead
- out it
- out of it
- sleepyhead
- snoozier
- snooziest
- snoozy
- stretchier
- stretchiest
- stretchy
- wimpiest
- wimpy
• motionless
- apoplectic
- at a standstill
- at rest
- at standstill
- be calmed
- be-calmed
- deadlocked
- immotile
- more apoplectic
- more becalmed
- more deadlocked
- more halted
- more immotile
- more stalled
- more transfixed
- most apoplectic
- most becalmed
- most deadlocked
- most halted
- most immotile
- most stalled
- most transfixed
- stock still
- stockstill
- trans fixed
- trans-fixed
- un movable
- un-movable
- un-moved
• motionless, dirty
- stagnant
• not inhabited
- uninhabited
• noun
- asleep
- hands-off
- heavy
- inhibited
- lifeless
- nonoperating
- not intrusive
- passive
- plain
- reclusive
- reserved
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- silent
- subdued
- taciturn
- unintrusive
- uninvolved
- unobtrusive
- withdrawn
• pastoral
- Outland
- agrestic
- more agrestic
- more outland
- most agrestic
- most outland
• peaceful, especially referring to the countryside
- pastoral
• slack
- asleep job
- asleep on job
- asleep on the job
- asleep the job
- behindhand
- dis regardful
- dis-regardful
- easy going
- easy-going
- in-attentive
- more easy going
- more easy-going
- more slow moving
- more slow-moving
- most born-again
- most easy going
- most slow moving
- most slow-moving
- most slowmoving
- not busy
- slow moving
- slow-moving
- slowmoving
• slow
- be lated
- be-lated
- de laying
- de liberate
- de-laying
- de-liberate
- dis inclined
- dis-inclined
- duncer
- duncest
- long delayed
- long drawn out
- long-delayed
- longdelayed
- more dawdling
- more detained
- more hindered
- more impeded
- more loitering
- more long delayed
- more long-delayed
- more longdelayed
- more postponing
- more procrastinating
- more slowmoving
- more snaillike
- more time-consuming
- more tortoiselike
- most dawdling
- most detained
- most hindered
- most impeded
- most loitering
- most long delayed
- most long-delayed
- most longdelayed
- most postponing
- most procrastinating
- most snaillike
- most time consuming
- most tortoiselike
- most unpunctual
- over due
- over-due
- pro-longed
- slow on the uptake
- slow on uptake
- slow the uptake
- slow uptake
- slowest
- snaillike
- time consuming
- time-consuming
- timeconsuming
- tortoiselike
- un progressive
- un-eventful
- un-progressive
- unpunctual
• sluggish
- Mooney
- mooneyer
- mooneyest
- more sleepyheaded
- sleepyheaded
• unemployed
- Unexercised
- Workless
- between jobs
- closed down
- leisured
- more leisured
- more unapplied
- more underemployed
- more unexercised
- more workless
- most leisured
- most unapplied
- most underemployed
- most unexercised
- most workless
- on bench
- on layoff
- on shelf
- on the dole
- out job
- out of a job
- out of job
- un applied
- un employed
- un exercised
- un-applied
- un-exercised
- unapplied
- under employed
- under-employed
- underemployed
- without gainful employment
• unhurried, lazy
- slow
• uninhabited
- more unpopulated
- most unpopulated
- un inhabited
- un populated
- un settled
- un-inhabited
- un-populated
- un-settled
- unpopulated
• unoccupied
- un occupied
- un-occupied
• vacant
- Tenantless
- more tenantless
- more untaken
- most tenantless
- most untaken
- not in use
- not use
- to let
- un taken
- un tenanted
- un-taken
- un-tenanted
- unlived in
- untenanted
- without contents
n.
• noun
- delight
- leisure
v.
• noun
- beguile
- disport
- entertain
- gratify
- jade
- tire
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Usage examples for Busy

It had been a busy, yet a very long week for Marjorie.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Your voices can be plainly heard in Miss Archer's office and she is too busy now to be disturbed.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

So much had happened that for a brief moment each was busy with her own thoughts.

"Marjorie Dean High School Freshman"

Pauline Lester

Famous quotes with Busy

Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.

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I'm in an agreeable state: busy, enthusiastic, curious.

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I'm busy doing my job, and being a loudmouth doesn't appeal to me as much as when I was younger and had the youthful delusion that I was smarter than everybody else.

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I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

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It's going to be over soon, so I don't really have time to get busy.

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