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Defenition of the word busy

    • Defenition of the word busy

      • Having many things that need to be done.
      • To make oneself or someone to have a lot of things to do.
      • (For a telephone line) Not available at the moment because it is being used.
      • Crowded with or characterized by much activity.
      • crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
      • actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy"
      • (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); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
      • overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design"
      • keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
      • intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business"
      • crowdedwith or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
      • intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people''s business"
      • (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); "her line is busy"; "receptionists'' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory
      • keep busy with
      • crowded with or characterized by much activity
      • actively or fully engaged or occupied
      • intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
      • (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)
      • overcrowded or cluttered with detail

    Synonyms for the word busy

      • active
      • busybodied
      • demanding
      • diligent
      • engaged
      • eventful
      • full of activity
      • fussy
      • hard
      • hard at it
      • hard-working
      • hectic
      • in demand
      • in use
      • industrious
      • interfering
      • meddlesome
      • meddling
      • occupied
      • occupy
      • officious
      • on the go
      • taken
      • tiring
      • unavailable

    Similar words in the busy

      • active
      • at work
      • at work(p)
      • busy
      • busybodies
      • busybody
      • busybody's
      • busying
      • busyness
      • busyness's
      • busywork
      • busywork's
      • diligent
      • drudging
      • employed
      • engaged
      • fancy
      • intrusive
      • laboring
      • labouring
      • occupied
      • overbusy
      • tied up
      • tied up(p)
      • toiling
      • up to

    Hyponyms for the word busy

      • dabble
      • play around
      • potter
      • putter
      • smatter

    Hypernyms for the word busy

      • work

    Antonyms for the word busy

      • idle

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