Synonyms of occupied

occupied 1 of 2

adjective

as in engaged

involved in often constant activity

the boy is constantly occupied, usually with sports or schoolwork

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engaged
• busy
• employed
• diligent
• preoccupied
• working
• active
• immersed
• industrious
• bustling
• assiduous
• sedulous
• absorbed
• hopping
• concentrating
• laborious
• operating
• tied-up
• focused
• humming
• buzzing
• functioning
• engrossed
• lively
• going
• operational
• animated
• thriving
• running
• flourishing
• swamped
• vibrant
• happening
• operative
• living
• knee-deep
• functional
• astir
• alive
• energetic
• intent
• hardworking
• vigorous
• tireless
• indefatigable
• untiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unoccupied
• unemployed
• inactive
• idle
• free
• dormant
• quiescent
• asleep
• sleepy
• latent
• passive
• lifeless
• unbusy
• inert
• dead
• slow
• dull
• inoperative
• nonoperating

occupied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of occupy

as in interested

to hold the attention of

a puzzle will occupy that child for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interested
• immersed
• intrigued
• involved
• fascinated
• busied
• engaged
• attracted
• gripped
• engrossed
• absorbed
• preoccupied
• distracted
• enthralled
• enchanted
• enwrapped
• bemused
• caught up
• captivated
• caught one's eye
• obsessed
• charmed
• hypnotized
• mesmerized
• monopolized
• allured
• bewitched
• hogged
• beguiled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bored
• tired
• wearied
• palled
• jaded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of occupied

Adjective

Lebanon’s health ministry said that two ⁠men were killed in a town on the edge ​of ⁠the zone occupied by Israeli troops, while the two women were killed in Arab Salim, which sits well north of the occupied area. — Reuters, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors say Castro briefly struggled with Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, then fired through a front door into an occupied home, hitting him in the leg, contradicting earlier federal accounts. — Valerie Gonzalez, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Osder visited Israel and the occupied West Bank and came to understand his heritage with a new sense of privilege and responsibility. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026

Jerusalem — Israeli settlers stormed a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and seized a home while its owner was inside in the latest brazen settler attack in the area. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

According to Leonid Pasechnik, who heads the occupied Luhansk region, five others were injured across the province. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Ten years ago, Frank Lowenstein, then the United States special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, presented President Barack Obama with maps of settlements by Israeli Jews in the occupied West Bank. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Their displays adapt to occupied seats, giving the nearest rider full control while unused screens show trip status or ambient imagery. — Melinda Sheckells, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Israel sharply criticized the UK after London voiced opposition to the Jewish state’s support for settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a series of rows with once strong Western allies. — Tasneem Nashrulla, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Verb

Tom Bonser, who was chief financial officer, left in January and has since taken on a new position at Fulham — although his role is now filled by Tom Rawcliffe, who previously occupied similar jobs at AFC Wimbledon and Bristol City. — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Israel argues that the territory is disputed rather than occupied, and asserts that Jews have a historical right to the land. — Reuters, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

On July 7, two weeks after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union, the predominantly Jewish town of Berdichev, where Grossman’s disabled mother was living, was occupied by the German army. — Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

The SoHo location at 527 Broome Street was already occupied — by his own restaurant, Her Name Was Carmen. — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

In the early months of 2022, Russian forces occupied Irpin, destroying roughly 70% of the city. — Aidan Stretch, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Volunteer Mitchel Reising cleans a pen occupied by elephant seals 3. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

These ideas flew over our heads as kids, and we were mostly occupied by the pretty lights and awesome fight scenes. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Princeton, Duke, Harvard, MIT, Dartmouth, Penn, Notre Dame, Cornell, Yale and Stanford occupied the top 10 spots. — Jason St. Angelo, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026