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involved in often constant activity<the deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy>Synonymsactive, assiduous, diligent, employed, engaged, industrious, laborious, occupied, sedulous, workingRelated Wordsabsorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused (also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupied; alive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, running; energetic, vigorous; indefatigable, tireless, untiringNear Antonymsasleep, dormant, latent, quiescent, sleepy; inert, passive; dead, dull, slow; inoperative, nonoperatingAntonymsidle, inactive, unemployed, unengaged, unoccupied
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marked by much life, movement, or activity<the busy, often hectic floor of the New York Stock Exchange>— see alive 2
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