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The synonyms of “Busy” are: engaged, in use, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, fussy, occupied, occupied in, engaged in, involved in, employed in, working at, hard at work, hard at work on, strenuous, hectic, energetic, active, lively, exacting, tiring, full, eventful, crowded, bustling, swarming, teeming, astir, buzzing, thronged, vibrant, unavailable, otherwise engaged, over-embellished, overdecorated, overblown, overripe, overwrought, exaggerated, overdone, florid, cluttered, contrived, overworked, strained, laboured, baroque, rococo, occupy, involve, engage, concern, employ, absorb, engross, immerse, preoccupy, police officer, policeman, policewoman, pc, officer of the law, detective, dc
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busy” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| dc | The district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the capital of the United States and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia. |
| detective | An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public. Detective work. |
| officer of the law | Any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command. |
| pc | A small digital computer based on a microprocessor and designed to be used by one person at a time. |
| police officer | The force of policemen and officers. |
| policeman | A member of a police force. |
| policewoman | A female member of a police force. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busy” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| absorb | Take in, also metaphorically. The work absorbed him and continued to make him happy. |
| concern | Regard it as important to do something. It is not necessary for us to concern ourselves with this point. |
| employ | Put into service make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. The methods they have employed to collect the data. |
| engage | Keep engaged. The teams needed to engage with local communities. |
| engross | Absorb all the attention or interest of. They seemed to be engrossed in conversation. |
| immerse | Cause to be immersed. She immersed herself in her work. |
| involve | Contain as a part. An opportunity to involve as many people as possible in all aspects of music making. |
| occupy | Occupy the whole of. The young prince will soon occupy the throne. |
| preoccupy | (of a matter or subject) dominate or engross the mind of (someone) to the exclusion of other thoughts. His mother was preoccupied with paying the bills. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| active | (of the sun) characterized by an increased occurrence of sunspots and flares and radio emissions. An active toddler. |
| astir | In a state of excited movement. The whole town was astir over the incident. |
| baroque | Relating to or denoting a style of European architecture music and art of the 17th and 18th centuries that followed Mannerism and is characterized by ornate detail In architecture the period is exemplified by the palace of Versailles and by the work of Wren in England Major composers include Vivaldi Bach and Handel Caravaggio and Rubens are important baroque artists. The candles were positively baroque. |
| bustling | Full of energetic and noisy activity. The bustling little town. |
| busybodied | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. |
| buzzing | Noisy like the sound of a bee. The Latvian capital combines winter charm with buzzing nightlife. |
| cluttered | Filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish. His library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair. |
| contrived | Showing effects of planning or manipulation. A novel with a contrived ending. |
| crowded | (of a space) full of people, leaving little or no room for movement; packed. A very crowded room. |
| employed in | Having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary. |
| energetic | Possessing or exerting or displaying energy. Moderately energetic exercise. |
| engaged | Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged. She was engaged to a lecturer. |
| engaged in | Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line. |
| eventful | Full of events or incidents. His long and eventful life. |
| exacting | Severe and unremitting in making demands. The exacting standards laid down by the organic food industry. |
| exaggerated | Represented as greater than is true or reasonable. Comic book characters are drawn with exaggerated features so you will remember them. |
| florid | Elaborately or excessively ornamented. His florid and exciting prose. |
| full | Constituting the full quantity or extent complete. A full report of the conference. |
| fussy | Full of unnecessary detail or decoration. I hate fussy clothes. |
| hard at work | Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure. |
| hard at work on | Resisting weight or pressure. |
| hectic | Full of incessant or frantic activity. A hectic business schedule. |
| in use | Holding office. |
| interfering | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. An interfering old woman. |
| involved in | Enveloped. |
| laboured | Requiring or showing effort. One of Alan s laboured jokes. |
| lively | Intellectually stimulating or perceptive. A lively and uninhibited girl. |
| meddlesome | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. Heaven rid him of meddlesome politicians. |
| meddling | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. |
| occupied | Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged. She keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities. |
| occupied in | Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged. |
| officious | Intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. The security people were very officious. |
| otherwise engaged | Other than as supposed or expected. |
| over-embellished | Excessively elaborate or showily expressed. |
| overblown | Past the stage of full bloom. Overblown roses. |
| overdecorated | Decorated in an excessively elaborate style. Overdecorated Victorian hallways. |
| overdone | Cooked too long but still edible. He sat there chewing his overdone steak. |
| overripe | Too ripe and beginning to turn soft. An overripe melodrama. |
| overworked | Used to excess. Tired overworked demoralized staff. |
| overwrought | (of a piece of writing or a work of art) too elaborate or complicated in design or construction. She was too overwrought to listen to reason. |
| rococo | Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation. His labyrinthine sentences and rococo usages. |
| strained | Of a mainly liquid substance having been strained to separate out any solid matter. A constrained smile. |
| strenuous | Taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance. The government made strenuous efforts to upgrade the quality of the teaching profession. |
| swarming | Moving in or forming a large or dense group. Swarming locusts. |
| teeming | Abundantly filled with especially living things. She walked through the teeming streets. |
| thronged | Filled with great numbers crowded together. I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas. |
| tiring | Causing one to need rest or sleep; fatiguing. It had been a tiring day. |
| unavailable | Not available or accessible or at hand. The men were unavailable for work. |
| vibrant | (of colour) bright and striking. The men s vibrant voices. |
| working at | Adopted as a temporary basis for further work. |
| actively | In an active manner. The company is actively looking for a buyer. |
| bicker | (of water) flow or fall with a gentle repetitive noise; patter. Against the glass the rain did beat and bicker. |
| briskly | In an active, quick, or energetic way. She walked briskly into the building. |
| bustle | Cause to move hurriedly in a particular direction. She bustled us into the kitchen. |
| bustling | (of a place) full of activity. The bustling little town. |
| complex | Make an atom or compound form a complex with another. There s no point having a complex about losing your hair. |
| confuse | Be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly. The constant attention of the young man confused her. |
| employed | (of a person) having a paid job. Up to 40 per cent of employed people are in part time jobs. |
| engaged | Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. The newly engaged couple. |
| fastidious | Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail. She dressed with fastidious care. |
| finicky | Exacting especially about details. A finicky eater. |
| flurry | A rapid active commotion. A flurry of editorials hostile to the government. |
| fluster | Be flustered behave in a confused manner. The false start flustered me a bit. |
| frenetic | Excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion. Frenetic screams followed the accident. |
| fuss | Treat (someone) with excessive attention or affection. When she cries in her sleep try not to fuss her. |
| fussy | Fastidious about one’s needs or requirements; hard to please. Eleanor patted her hair with quick fussy movements. |
| grumpy | Annoyed and irritable. He s grumpy because he hasn t heard from you. |
| hassle | A disagreement or quarrel. An election year hassle with farmers. |
| haste | Overly eager speed (and possible carelessness. Working with feverish haste. |
| intersection | A point or set of points common to two or more geometric configurations. The intersection of a plane and a cone. |
| meticulous | Marked by extreme care in treatment of details. A meticulous craftsman. |
| occupied | (of a place, especially a country) taken control of by military conquest or settlement. Not all the occupied or tenanted apartments were well kept up. |
| pedantic | Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects. His analyses are careful and even painstaking but never pedantic. |
| picky | Fussy and hard to please. They are becoming increasingly picky about where they stay. |
| priggish | Self-righteously moralistic and superior. A priggish little pedant. |
| prissy | Fussily and excessively respectable. A middle class family with two prissy children. |
| spat | Strike with a sound like that of falling rain. Oysters spat. |
| stickle | Dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points. |
| stickler | Someone who insists on something. I m a stickler when it comes to timekeeping. |
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