| ADJECTIVE | all | busy | actively or fully engaged or occupied |
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| all | busy, fussy | overcrowded or cluttered with detail | |
| all | busy, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner | |
| all | busy | crowded with or characterized by much activity | |
| all | busy, engaged, in use | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability | |
| VERB | social | busy, occupy | keep busy with |
| Sounds | bih'ziy | |
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| Rhymes | Anasazi ... z / Z: 56 rhymes with ziy... | |
| Meaning | actively or fully engaged or occupied. | |
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| Narrower | at work | on the job |
| drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling | Doing arduous or unpleasant work | |
| engaged, occupied | Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged | |
| overbusy | Too busy | |
| tied up | Kept occupied or engaged | |
| up to | busy or occupied with | |
| See also | diligent | Characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks |
| employed | Having your services engaged for | |
| Opposite | idle | not in action or at work |
| Spanish | ajetreado, atareado, ocupado | |
| Catalan | atrafegat, enfeinat, ocupat | |
| Nouns | busyness | the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity |
| Adverbs | busily | in a busy manner |
| Meaning | overcrowded or cluttered with detail. | |
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| Example | "a busy painting" | |
| Synonym | fussy | |
| Broader | fancy | not plain |
| Spanish | recargado | |
| Meaning | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner. | |
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| Example | "busy about other people's business" | |
| Synonyms | interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busybodied | |
| Broader | intrusive | tending to intrude (especially upon privacy) |
| Spanish | curioso, entremetido, entrometido, inoportuno, oficioso | |
| Catalan | curiós, oficiós, tafaner | |
| Meaning | crowded with or characterized by much activity. | |
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| Broader | active | Full of activity or engaged in continuous activity |
| Nouns | busyness | the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity |
| Meaning | (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; ('engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line). | |
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| Synonyms | engaged, in use | |
| Broader | occupied | held or filled or in use |
| Spanish | ocupado | |
| Nouns | busyness | the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity |
| Meaning | Keep busy with. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Synonym | occupy | |
| Narrower | dabble, smatter, play around | Work with in an amateurish manner |
| potter, putter | Work lightly | |
| Broader | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| Spanish | ocuparse, ocupar | |
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