BUSY as VERB

1. Meaning
   • keep busy with
   Synonym(s)
   • occupy (what does occupy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She busies herself with her butterfly collection
   Hypernyms(s) busy is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • work (what does work mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • potter (what does potter mean?)
   • putter (what does putter mean?)
   • dabble (what does dabble mean?)
   • smatter (what does smatter mean?)
   • play around (what does play around mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • occupation (what does occupation mean?)

BUSY as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • crowdedwith or characterized by much activity
   Usage Example(s)
   • a very busy week
   • a busy life
   • a busy street
   • a busy seaport
   Similar To
   • active (what does active mean?)
2. Meaning
   • actively or fully engaged or occupied
   Usage Example(s)
   • busy with her work
   • a busy man
   • too busy to eat lunch
   • the line is busy
   Antonym(s)
   • idle (what does idle mean?)
   Similar To
   • at work(p) (what does at work(p) mean?)
   • drudging (what does drudging mean?)
   • laboring (what does laboring mean?)
   • labouring (what does labouring mean?)
   • toiling (what does toiling mean?)
   • engaged (what does engaged mean?)
   • occupied (what does occupied mean?)
   • overbusy (what does overbusy mean?)
   • tied up(p) (what does tied up(p) mean?)
   • up to (what does up to mean?)
   See Also
   • diligent (what does diligent mean?)
   • employed (what does employed mean?)
3. Meaning
   • intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
   Synonym(s)
   • busybodied (what does busybodied mean?)
   • interfering (what does interfering mean?)
   • meddlesome (what does meddlesome mean?)
   • meddling (what does meddling mean?)
   • officious (what does officious mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an interfering old woman
   • bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself
   • busy about other people’’s business
   Similar To
   • intrusive (what does intrusive mean?)
4. Meaning
   • (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)
   Synonym(s)
   • engaged (what does engaged mean?)
   • in use(p) (what does in use(p) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • her line is busy
   • receptionists” telephones are always engaged
   • the lavatory
   Similar To
   • occupied (what does occupied mean?)
5. Meaning
   • overcrowded or cluttered with detail
   Synonym(s)
   • fussy (what does fussy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a busy painting
   • a fussy design
   Similar To
   • fancy (what does fancy mean?)