Definition for Busy:

• Earnestly, actively, or closely at work; characteristic of, or pertaining to, industry or diligence; as, the busy hum of the factory; bustling; full of employment; as, a busy day; meddlesome.

Synonyms for Busy:

• adj.

  •active (adjective)
  • moving,
  • quickest,
  • vivacious,
  • perky,
  • energetic,
  • eager,
  • bustling,
  • tireless,
  • fireball,
  • quick,
  • on the move,
  • industrious,
  • lively,
  • forcible,
  • hyper,
  • hectic,
  • spirited,
  • animated,
  • hard-working,
  • stirring,
  • dynamic,
  • sprightly.
  •active, on the go (adjective)
  • tiring,
  • fussy,
  • humming,
  • strenuous,
  • restless,
  • busy as a beaver,
  • popping.
  •all (adjective)
  • busy.
  •assiduous (adjective)
  • un flagging,
  • ex acting,
  • steady,
  • ex-acting,
  • un tiring,
  • more plugging,
  • most plugging,
  • un-tiring,
  • un-flagging.
  •contracted (adjective)
  • hired.
  •diligent (adjective)
  • more persisting,
  • steadfast,
  • persistent,
  • Operose,
  • most persisting,
  • grindest,
  • more diligent,
  • un-relenting,
  • un relenting.
  •earnest (adjective)
  • more perseverant,
  • vehement,
  • most fervid,
  • most perseverant,
  • de-voted,
  • de voted.
  •elaborate (adjective)
  • more many-faceted,
  • most manyfaceted,
  • over-done,
  • with bells whistles,
  • more embellished,
  • most ornamented,
  • over-worked,
  • manyfaceted,
  • with bells and whistles,
  • more ornamented,
  • with options,
  • re fined,
  • many faceted,
  • with the options,
  • most many-faceted,
  • more elaborate,
  • more many faceted,
  • with extras,
  • most many faceted,
  • de tailed,
  • ex-act,
  • more garnished,
  • more decorated,
  • over worked,
  • more luxurious,
  • most embellished,
  • embellished,
  • most decorated,
  • with the extras,
  • de-tailed,
  • ex tensive,
  • more manyfaceted,
  • ex act,
  • with all extras,
  • with all options,
  • most garnished,
  • over done.
  •employed (adjective)
  • most inked,
  • on the payroll,
  • operating,
  • in job,
  • most laboring,
  • more inked,
  • more laboring,
  • on payroll,
  • on job.
  •engaged, at work (adjective)
  • already taken,
  • having many irons in the fire,
  • in a meeting,
  • in the field,
  • on assignment,
  • persevering,
  • buried,
  • Slaving,
  • having fish to fry,
  • having enough on one's plate,
  • up to one's ears,
  • in conference,
  • in the laboratory,
  • Snowed,
  • swamped,
  • having a full plate,
  • in someone else's possession,
  • on duty,
  • with a customer,
  • overloaded.
  •engrossed (adjective)
  • more into,
  • more consumed,
  • in to,
  • heavily in to,
  • most enthralled,
  • in tent,
  • most captivated,
  • sub-merged,
  • more captivated,
  • really in to,
  • most riveted,
  • most consumed,
  • most submerged,
  • most gripped,
  • caught in,
  • more in to,
  • more submerged,
  • more gripped,
  • most in to,
  • up here in,
  • more monopolized,
  • taken with,
  • more enthralled,
  • wrapped up,
  • more riveted,
  • most monopolized,
  • most into,
  • sub merged,
  • more bugged,
  • most bugged.
  •enterprising (adjective)
  • more gumptious,
  • coming strong,
  • more take over,
  • self-starting,
  • up and coming,
  • most take over,
  • more lusting,
  • more advancing,
  • most gogo,
  • most craving,
  • more itching,
  • more selfstarting,
  • most itching,
  • most lusting,
  • up-and-coming,
  • take-over,
  • goahead,
  • most gumptious,
  • selfstarting,
  • most yearning,
  • GOGO,
  • most go-go,
  • most go go,
  • most take-over,
  • more self-starting,
  • most takeover,
  • more go go,
  • more go-go,
  • more takeover,
  • more craving,
  • go go,
  • hard ball,
  • most advancing,
  • most self starting,
  • more take-over,
  • most selfstarting,
  • more self starting,
  • self starting,
  • more gogo,
  • more yearning,
  • most self-starting.
  •florid (adjective)
  • over blown,
  • figurative,
  • high flown,
  • most euphuistic,
  • more euphuistic,
  • over-blown,
  • highflown.
  •hired (adjective)
  • signed up.
  •humming (adjective)
  • most hopping,
  • more hopping.
  •immersed (adjective)
  • eat sleep breathe,
  • most bound-up,
  • boundup,
  • more bound-up,
  • most bound up,
  • bound-up,
  • bound up,
  • taken up,
  • more bound up,
  • eat sleep and breathe,
  • pre-occupied,
  • most boundup,
  • pre occupied,
  • more boundup,
  • more mesmerized,
  • most mesmerized.
  •ornate (adjective)
  • more embroidered,
  • be decked,
  • be-decked,
  • over elaborate,
  • more highwrought,
  • more high wrought,
  • High-wrought,
  • re-splendent,
  • more overelaborate,
  • most embroidered,
  • more jeweled,
  • glitziest,
  • more high-wrought,
  • over-elaborate,
  • glitzier,
  • most bedecked,
  • highwrought,
  • glossy,
  • most high wrought,
  • most overelaborate,
  • most highwrought,
  • high wrought,
  • most jeweled,
  • more bedecked,
  • most high-wrought,
  • Flaunting.
  •rapt (adjective)
  • more entranced,
  • most enraptured,
  • most entranced,
  • more enraptured,
  • over-whelmed,
  • de lighted,
  • be witched,
  • in-attentive,
  • most daydreaming,
  • most beguiled,
  • trans ported,
  • more daydreaming,
  • over whelmed,
  • more beguiled,
  • de-lighted,
  • more ravished,
  • most ravished,
  • un-conscious,
  • un conscious,
  • be-witched.
  •rousing (adjective)
  • more buzzing,
  • rousing,
  • most astir,
  • most buzzing,
  • more astir,
  • full pep.
  •studious (adjective)
  • well-informed.
  •traveled (adjective)
  • well-used,
  • widely known.
  •unsettled (adjective)
  • most unrestful,
  • dis-orderly,
  • in securer,
  • un steady,
  • in securest,
  • un-quiet,
  • ex plosive,
  • in secure,
  • un quiet,
  • mutable,
  • un-stable,
  • un quieter,
  • most changeful,
  • un peaceful,
  • un-quieter,
  • un stable,
  • more unnerved,
  • un-peaceful,
  • in-securer,
  • un steadiest,
  • un predictable,
  • un-easier,
  • most unnerved,
  • ex-plosive,
  • un easier,
  • pre carious,
  • most unpeaceful,
  • un-stablest,
  • un nerved,
  • un-steadiest,
  • un-stabler,
  • pre-carious,
  • un-nerved,
  • in-secure,
  • most rattled,
  • un steadier,
  • un-settled,
  • un-quietest,
  • in-securest,
  • un stablest,
  • un restful,
  • more unrestful,
  • in-constant,
  • more changeful,
  • dis orderly,
  • un easy,
  • un-steadier,
  • un easiest,
  • un stabler,
  • un-balanced,
  • un-restful,
  • most shifting,
  • more rattled,
  • unnerved,
  • un-easiest,
  • un settled,
  • un quietest,
  • un-predictable,
  • more unpeaceful.
  •working (adjective)
  • in force,
  • in process,
  • on track.

• n.

  •
  • immersed in something,
  • rushed/run off your feet,
  • hard at it,
  • knee-deep.
  •
  • unavailable,
  • available,
  • cramped,
  • full,
  • employed,
  • Rented,
  • dense.
  •
  • filter,
  • back up.
  •
  • delicate,
  • action.
  •
  • simple,
  • cut off,
  • call up,
  • answer.
  •
  • heavy.
  •busy (noun)
  • intrusive,
  • overbusy,
  • interfering,
  • labouring,
  • officious,
  • engaged,
  • busybodied,
  • drudging,
  • laboring,
  • fancy,
  • in use,
  • tied up,
  • up to,
  • meddlesome,
  • meddling,
  • toiling.

• v.

  •engage (verb)
  • hadst a shot at,
  • gives try,
  • goes for broke,
  • going out for,
  • giving a try,
  • hadst go at,
  • Preengaging,
  • under taken,
  • has a go at,
  • hadst a go at,
  • Preengaged,
  • enter in to,
  • has shot at,
  • had a fling at,
  • gave whirl,
  • be-witches,
  • gave a whirl,
  • hadst a fling at,
  • have go at,
  • give whirl,
  • hast shot at,
  • has go at,
  • having a go at,
  • be-witching,
  • had a go at,
  • had go at,
  • gave try,
  • had shot at,
  • be witch,
  • having a shot at,
  • going in for,
  • pre-engaged,
  • hath fling at,
  • haddest a shot at,
  • haddest shot at,
  • hath a shot at,
  • giving try,
  • gives a whirl,
  • pre-occupies,
  • pre-occupy,
  • keeping busy,
  • hadst fling at,
  • hath a fling at,
  • gave a try,
  • gives a try,
  • setting about,
  • hast a fling at,
  • haddest a fling at,
  • takes part,
  • had fling at,
  • went for broke,
  • having fling at,
  • gives whirl,
  • under taking,
  • has a shot at,
  • pre occupying,
  • keeps busy,
  • pre-engages,
  • haddest go at,
  • had a shot at,
  • pre engaging,
  • kept busy,
  • goes out for,
  • have fling at,
  • pre-engage,
  • entering into,
  • trying on for size,
  • tried on for size,
  • under-takes,
  • hast go at,
  • tries on for size,
  • hath go at,
  • went out for,
  • pre-occupying,
  • having shot at,
  • embarking on,
  • tried for size,
  • hast fling at,
  • has a fling at,
  • having a fling at,
  • have shot at,
  • give try,
  • under takes,
  • hath shot at,
  • haddest a go at,
  • preengages,
  • under-taking,
  • giving a whirl,
  • under take,
  • pre occupies,
  • pre-engaging,
  • pre occupy,
  • goes in for,
  • sets about,
  • be witching,
  • be witches,
  • trying for size,
  • went in for,
  • pre engage,
  • pre engages,
  • under took,
  • hast a go at,
  • hadst shot at,
  • under-taken,
  • tries for size,
  • be-witch,
  • hath a go at,
  • pre engaged,
  • has fling at,
  • hast a shot at,
  • haddest fling at,
  • having go at,
  • giving whirl.
  •engross (verb)
  • are hung,
  • art hung,
  • sews up,
  • becomes lost,
  • becoming lost,
  • was hung,
  • being hung,
  • ups on,
  • wast hung,
  • became lost,
  • were hung,
  • upped on,
  • am hung,
  • upping on,
  • sewing up,
  • is hung,
  • wert hung.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • up to the ears,
  • speed limit,
  • congested,
  • heaped,
  • busy signal,
  • packed,
  • floral,
  • phone back,
  • jewelled,
  • bulging,
  • rushed,
  • traffic jam,
  • studded,
  • embossed,
  • ring round,
  • Emblazoned,
  • jam-packed,
  • plumed,
  • work on,
  • bedecked,
  • overcrowded,
  • teeming,
  • sequined,
  • fringed,
  • telephonist,
  • chock-full,
  • Heaping,
  • personalized,
  • bumper-to-bumper,
  • inlaid,
  • congestion charge,
  • cluttered,
  • snarl up,
  • operational,
  • chock-a-block,
  • traffic calming,
  • phone through,
  • redial,
  • ornamental,
  • load down,
  • bejeweled,
  • tooled,
  • phone round,
  • decorative,
  • florid,
  • frilly,
  • replete,
  • brimful,
  • rococo,
  • bottleneck,
  • busily,
  • put-upon,
  • telephony,
  • gridlock,
  • Crammed.
  •
  • inflated,
  • jam,
  • saturation,
  • interested,
  • gilt-edged,
  • congestion,
  • beaded,
  • riddled,
  • saturation point,
  • intricate,
  • traveled,
  • hold up,
  • illuminated,
  • heaving,
  • That,
  • subtle,
  • phone-in,
  • awash,
  • wiretap,
  • rich,
  • bursting,
  • pneumatic.
  •
  • lousy,
  • snarl,
  • chintzy,
  • telephone,
  • ticket,
  • traffic,
  • thickly,
  • phone,
  • call back,
  • caller,
  • saturated,
  • delicately,
  • fragile,
  • dial.
  •
  • there,
  • crowded,
  • employ,
  • speak,
  • put through,
  • This,
  • out.
  •
  • call-in,
  • hang up,
  • squeeze,
  • disconnect.
  •
  • squash.
  •
  • get through.
  •
  • rush.
  •
  • through,
  • thick.
  •
  • high.
  •
  • put down.
  •
  • transfer.
  •
  • ring.
  •
  • put on.
  •
  • hold,
  • call.
  •
  • get.
  •diligent
  • never-tiring.
  •engaged
  • involved.

Paraphrases for Busy:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    heavy, responsible, intense, overwhelmed, overloaded, lively, occupied, prosperous, Occupying, loaded.
  • Proper noun, singular
    occupied.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    occupied.
  • Verb, past tense
    handled, Performed, Managed, Served, filled, Chaired, planted, Dealt, Acted.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    made.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    bustling, congested, overcrowded, hectic, overburdened, intensive.
  • Verb, past tense
    occupied.

Antonyms for Busy:

• adj.

  • all
    idle.
  • engaged, at work
    unoccupied, inactive, lazy, unengaged, unemployed, unbusy, quiet.
  • Other antonyms:
    reserved, retiring, unintrusive, restrained, not intrusive, lifeless, heavy, taciturn, uninvolved, reticent, withdrawn, plain, reclusive, passive, nonoperating, unobtrusive, silent, asleep, hands-off, subdued, inhibited, sluggish.

Busy Sentence Examples:

• The house was small - there were so many to ask - it was a busy time.

• Tommy knew that it is the busy people who can find time.

Homophones for Busy:

• Bizzy.

Hypernym for Busy:

• v.

  • social
    potter, play around, dabble, smatter, putter.

Hyponym for Busy:

• v.

  • social
    work.