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BUSYNESS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BUSYNESS?

Need another word that means the same as “busyness”? Find 1 synonym and 30 related words for “busyness” in this overview.

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Busyness as a Noun
Definitions of "Busyness" as a noun
Synonyms of "Busyness" as a noun (1 Word)
Usage Examples of "Busyness" as a noun
Associations of "Busyness" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Busyness” are: hum

Busyness as a Noun

Definitions of "Busyness" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “busyness” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The quality of being excessively detailed or decorated.
The quality of being full of activity.
The state or condition of having a great deal to do.
The state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity.

Synonyms of "Busyness" as a noun (1 Word)

hum

A humming noise.
The hum of distant traffic.

Usage Examples of "Busyness" as a noun

School started and the busyness began.
The busyness of the interior design.
The waitresses seemed unfazed by the busyness of the cafe.
They manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers.
It's easy to get caught up in the busyness of life.
The busyness and noise of the street.

Associations of "Busyness" (30 Words)

actively	In an energetic or vigorous way. Actively growing weeds.
bicker	(of a flame or light) flash, gleam, or flicker. The restless wheels whose flashing spokes bicker* and burn.*
briskly	In an active, quick, or energetic way. He replied briskly* that no one at his school had ever gone truant.*
bustle	Move or cause to move energetically or busily. People clutching clipboards bustled about.
bustling	Full of energetic and noisy activity. The bustling* little town.*
complex	Make an atom or compound form a complex with another. A leisure complex.
confuse	Cause to feel embarrassment. A lot of people confuse* a stroke with a heart attack.*
employed	Put to use. Up to 40 per cent of employed* people are in part time jobs.*
engaged	Of facilities such as telephones or lavatories unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. Receptionists telephones are always engaged.
fastidious	Very concerned about matters of cleanliness. A fastidious* and incisive intellect.*
finicky	Showing or requiring great attention to detail. A finicky* eater.*
flurry	(of a person) move quickly in a busy or agitated way. A flurry* of snow.*
fluster	Be flustered behave in a confused manner. The false start flustered me a bit.
frenetic	Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way. A frenetic* pace of activity.*
fuss	A quarrel about petty points. Beside him Kegan was fussing with sheets of paper.
fussy	Annoyed and irritable. A fussy* design.*
grumpy	Annoyed and irritable. His performance as the grumpy* gateman.*
hassle	Harass; pester. The hassle* of child care.*
haste	The act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner. I write in haste.
intersection	A point at which two or more things intersect, especially a road junction. A red light at the intersection* with Brompton Road.*
meticulous	Marked by precise accordance with details. Meticulous research.
occupied	Seized and controlled as by military invasion. Tasks which kept her occupied* for the day.*
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	Exacting especially about details. They are becoming increasingly picky* about where they stay.*
priggish	Self-righteously moralistic and superior. She was priggish* about sex.*
prissy	Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted. A middle class family with two prissy* children.*
spat	A young oyster or other bivalve. Bullets were spatting the leaves.
stickle	A section of river where the bed slopes and the water is shallow and runs swiftly; a rapid.
stickler	A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behaviour. I m a stickler* when it comes to timekeeping.*