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

Russia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) approved new electoral regulations that will be implemented in occupied Ukraine. — Chris Massaro , Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Abraham and Szor, both Israeli Jews, are among the four directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land (along with Palestinian filmmakers Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal), a film set in the occupied West Bank. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

County jails must keep occupied areas between 65 and 85 degrees, according to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026

Britain, France and Canada on Tuesday announced sanctions on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including banning all trade and services linked to them. — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 9 Sep. 2026

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

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

Verb

The strikes took place after two soldiers were wounded when their vehicle drove over a Hezbollah explosive device in an area of southern Lebanon occupied by Israeli troops, the military said. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Ukraine, for instance, supported efforts to correct distortions about Africa, but objected to the depiction of Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russia. — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

Continue reading … RIGGED REPUBLIC — Russia’s election spectacle reaches occupied Ukraine as Putin looks on. — FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

It’s already occupied by UPS, and soon will be joined by FedEx, which is building a $60 million distribution center north of the airport. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Downtown, most of the new World Trade Center buildings are 90 percent occupied, according to the Savills broker Azovtsev, driving rents up. — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 18 Sep. 2026

Evidence from fireplaces, animal remains, carnivores, and even owl pellets suggested that people occupied it only briefly. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026

The new space housing the works is located in Madrid’s Palacio del Hielo y del Automóvil, a historic 1922 building that was previously occupied by the Spanish government. — News Desk, Artforum, 18 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