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Defenition of the word occupy

    • Defenition of the word occupy

      • To make oneself or someone to have a lot of things to do.
      • To have a right, title, or office.
      • To have permanent residence.
      • To make full.
      • To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).
      • To fill or take up a place (a seat, a room etc.).
      • engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
      • keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
      • be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?"
      • be present in; be inside of
      • march aggressively into another's territory
      • occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
      • live (in a certain place)
      • as of time or space: "I took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
      • march aggressively into another''s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
      • as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
      • be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
      • consume all of one's attention or time
      • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation
      • require (time or space)
      • assume, as of positions or roles
      • keep busy with
      • occupy the whole of
      • be on the mind of

    Synonyms for the word occupy

      • absorb
      • amuse
      • busy
      • concern
      • divert
      • dwell in
      • engage
      • engross
      • entertain
      • fill
      • inhabit
      • interest
      • invade
      • live in
      • lodge in
      • reside
      • reside in
      • take
      • take up
      • use
      • use up
      • worry

    Similar words in the occupy

      • occupy
      • occupying

    Hyponyms for the word occupy

      • be
      • consume
      • crash
      • crowd
      • dabble
      • infest
      • invade
      • involve
      • move in
      • nest
      • overrun
      • play around
      • potter
      • putter
      • rivet
      • smatter
      • squat
      • stay at
      • take up
      • tenant

    Hypernyms for the word occupy

      • assail
      • attack
      • be
      • do work
      • domicile
      • domiciliate
      • dwell
      • expend
      • inhabit
      • interest
      • live
      • people
      • populate
      • reside
      • shack
      • use
      • work

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