busyness

noun

busy·​ness ˈbi-zē-nəs 

: a busy quality or state: such as

a

: the state of having or being involved in many activities

the busyness of her schedule

What with the busyness of the holidays and that conviction, I didn't pay much attention to my bird feeder for the next few days.

—Emily Pasquale

b

: the state of having many details

Consider other factors as well, such as color contrast, pattern busyness, and furnishings sizes.

—Better Homes and Gardens

Examples of busyness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’d be a lot of busyness from going through the family tree of demons and Lorraine’s connections. —Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025

Stay hydrated, reorganize your schedule, and remember: busyness is not proof of worth. —Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Sep. 2025

Work culture, tennis or otherwise, rewards busyness and often self-sacrifice, which conflicts with self-care and mental health. —Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025

Some of this exhaustion can attributed to the transition to the busyness of school days, homework, and extracurricular activities. —​wendy Wisner, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for busyness

• equinus
• coyness
• dryness
• highness
• linus
• minus
• pinus
• shyness
• sinus