Busy

ahd-5
  • adjective. Engaged in activity, as work; occupied. synonym: active.
  • adjective. Characterized by or sustaining much activity.
  • adjective. Being a busybody; meddlesome; prying.
  • adjective. Being in use, as a telephone line.
  • adjective. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting.
  • transitive verb. To make busy; occupy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To employ with constant attention; keep engaged; make or keep busy: as, to busy one's self with books.
  • In decoration, full of detail; overcrowded; fussy.
  • Actively or attentively engaged; closely occupied physically or mentally; intent upon that which one is doing; not at leisure: opposed to idle.
  • Active in that which does not concern one; meddling with or prying into the affairs of others; officious; importunate.
  • In constant or energetic action; rapidly moving or moved; diligently used: as, busy hands or thoughts.
  • Pertaining or due to energetic action; manifesting constant or rapid movement.
  • Requiring constant attention, as a task.
  • Filled with, active duties or employment.
  • Careful; anxious. Chaucer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure.
  • adjective. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
  • adjective. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times.
  • adjective. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
  • adjective. Careful; anxious.
  • transitive verb. To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Doing a great deal; having a lot of things to do in the space of time given
  • adjective. Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
  • adjective. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
  • verb. To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
  • verb. To rush somebody.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  • adjective. crowded with or characterized by much activity
  • adjective. (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)
  • adjective. overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  • verb. keep busy with
  • adjective. actively or fully engaged or occupied
  • Word Usage
    "As he enters what he calls his busy season, Young is preparing for some trade shows and hopes to have even more announcements as his small company expands its market."
    Equivalent
    active  at work  drudging  engaged  fancy  
    Form
    busied  busying  
    has_topic
    Memes  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Izzy  Lizzie  Lizzy  dizzy  tizzy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    active  anxious  happy  long  new  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    busied  busier  busiest  
    verb-form
    busied  busies  busying  busyness