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busy
Synonyms and Antonyms of busy
- The deadline is in two days, so everyone at work has been extremely busy.
animated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant
absorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused (also focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupied
alive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, running
- the busy, often hectic floor of the New York Stock Exchange
- She's one of those busy production facilitators—always concerned about other people's work and never her own.
interfering, intruding, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, nosy (or nosey), obtrusive, officious, presuming, presumptuous, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopy
Synonym Discussion of busy
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- too busy to spend time with the children
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- industrious employees
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- very diligent in her pursuit of a degree
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- assiduous practice
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- a sedulous investigation of the murder
busy
Synonyms and Antonyms of busy
- The video game busied the child for hours.
catch one's eye
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