Thesaurus
preoccupied
Synonyms and Antonyms of preoccupied
- too preoccupied with her worries to enjoy the meal
absorbed, daydreaming, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, intent, pensive, rapt
heedless, inattentive, insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unheeding, unknowing, unmindful, unperceptive, unthinking, unwary, unwitting, vacant
befogged, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, birdbrained, clueless, confused, dazed, flighty, foggy, forgetful, forgetting, hazy, muddled, scatterbrained, unfocused (also unfocussed)
Synonym Discussion of preoccupied
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- walking about with an abstracted air
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- too preoccupied with her debts to enjoy the meal
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- an absent stare
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- so absentminded, he's been known to wear mismatched shoes
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- was too distracted by grief to continue working
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