Synonyms of focused

focused 1 of 2

adjective

variants also focussed

1

as in immersed

having the mind fixed on something

was focused on the football game and didn't hear me knock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immersed
• absorbed
• interested
• engaged
• attentive
• engrossed
• enthralled
• intent
• observant
• deep
• rapt
• all ears
• involved
• intrigued
• watchful
• conscious
• hypnotized
• alert
• alive
• mesmerized
• wide-awake
• open-eyed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distracted
• absent
• unfocused
• abstracted
• inattentive
• preoccupied
• unabsorbed
• absentminded
• oblivious
• remote
• lost
• dreamy
• hazy
• foggy
• disinterested
• uninterested
• inobservant
• apathetic
• daydreaming
• faraway

2

as in all

not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern

a focused effort to provide shelter for the homeless during the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• all
• undivided
• concentrated
• entire
• whole
• exclusive
• total
• thorough
• comprehensive
• full
• complete
• lump
• intact
• utter
• unqualified
• perfect
• integral
• unadulterated
• absolute
• unbroken
• unalloyed
• teetotal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• divided
• scattered
• diffuse
• incomplete
• partial
• deficient
• fragmentary
• halfway
• fragmental

focused

2 of 2

verb

variants also focussed

past tense of focus

as in concentrated

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective

try to focus your attention on the task at hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concentrated
• riveted
• centered
• trained
• fastened
• aimed
• pointed
• directed
• attended
• set
• leveled
• nailed
• heeded
• refocused
• zeroed (in on)
• minded
• obsessed (over)
• honed in (on)
• homed (in on)
• fixated (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of focused

Adjective

The increase comes as voters remain focused on affordability and the cost of living. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

But opposing teams will be more focused on shutting him down at all costs, which should open up opportunities elsewhere. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

While his hit-and-run is investigated as a hate crime, the narrator, who is teaching a seminar on autofiction, is more focused on his entanglement with his colleague, Lucie. — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Ermenegildo Zegna Group remains focused on delivering sustainable and profitable growth both online and in its stores. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Cramer said investors appear overly focused on signs that Five Below’s extraordinary comparable sales growth has peaked. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Reading a text or scrolling through your phone can make things worse because your eyes stay focused on a screen that appears still while the car keeps moving. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026

The New York Democrat is singularly focused on winning back control of the House. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Hochul has made that argument in defending New York’s law, saying local officers should remain focused on investigating crimes rather than using state and local resources to perform ICE’s work. — María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

Maui could record up to 8 inches of rain, the National Hurricane Center said, but officials in the state are also focused on the storm’s impacts on the island of Kauai. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

This has been another summer of multiple key players being sold to help balance the books, with incomings focused on free agents and loans. — David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Rescue efforts have increasingly focused on 12 hydropower projects across Nepal, where about 900 workers are missing and roughly 500 are believed to be trapped in various tunnels, authorities said. — Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026

The agreement was announced on Saturday at the Venice Production Bridge, the Venice Film Festival‘s market focused on film production. — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Dover, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) southeast of London, has been the site of previous anti-immigrant protests focused on migrants who cross the Channel from France in small boats. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Rescue efforts have focused on the various hydropower projects dotted along the Trishuli River where hundreds of workers are trapped after last week’s flash floods encased the facilities in mud. — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

The secretary insisted he is focused on leading the War Department. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2026

His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents. — Eleanor Dearman updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026