Synonyms for Preoccupied:

• adj.

  •absentminded (adjective)
  • un-seeing,
  • un seeing.
  •absorbed (adjective)
  • head over heels,
  • really into,
  • captivated,
  • fixed,
  • consumed,
  • involved,
  • up to here,
  • held,
  • wrapped up.
  •attentive (adjective)
  • all ears,
  • Enrapt,
  • glued,
  • on the lookout,
  • on toes,
  • on lookout,
  • on the qui vive,
  • on one's toes,
  • on the job,
  • hanging on every word.
  •bemused (adjective)
  • a million miles away,
  • be-mused,
  • be mused.
  •compulsive (adjective)
  • addicted,
  • fanatic,
  • compulsive.
  •concentrating (adjective)
  • attentive.
  •contemplative, introspective (adjective)
  • thoughtful.
  •deep (adjective)
  • musing,
  • centered,
  • focused,
  • wrapped,
  • set,
  • Into,
  • enfolded,
  • concentrated.
  •deeply involved with (adjective)
  • Immersed.
  •distrait (adjective)
  • dis-trait,
  • dis trait.
  •dreamy (adjective)
  • introvertive,
  • speculative,
  • quixotic,
  • vague,
  • gentle,
  • misty,
  • impractical,
  • whimsical,
  • phantasmagoric,
  • chimerical,
  • nightmarish,
  • marvelous,
  • unreal,
  • fanciful,
  • relaxing,
  • phantasmagorical,
  • lulling,
  • mythical,
  • otherworldly,
  • utopian,
  • idealistic,
  • imaginary,
  • unsubstantial,
  • intangible,
  • shadowy,
  • calming,
  • soothing,
  • fantastic,
  • immaterial,
  • out of this world,
  • introspective,
  • astral,
  • excellent,
  • visionary.
  •engaged (adjective)
  • unavailable,
  • working,
  • pursuing,
  • tied up,
  • Doing,
  • signed,
  • dealing in,
  • performing,
  • practicing,
  • in place,
  • at work,
  • committed,
  • in use,
  • connected with,
  • employed,
  • occupied.
  •faraway (adjective)
  • outlying,
  • far,
  • far-off,
  • far-removed,
  • beyond the horizon,
  • quite a ways,
  • well away,
  • far-flung.
  •illusory, romantic (adjective)
  • dreamy.
  •immersed (adjective)
  • more bound up,
  • more mesmerized,
  • more bound-up,
  • most bound up,
  • more boundup,
  • bound-up,
  • most boundup,
  • eat sleep and breathe,
  • bound up,
  • most mesmerized,
  • boundup,
  • most bound-up,
  • eat sleep breathe.
  •intent (adjective)
  • in-tense,
  • more minding,
  • hell bent,
  • hell-bent,
  • most concentrating,
  • in tent,
  • more concentrating,
  • more riveted,
  • in tense,
  • most resolved,
  • most minding,
  • in-tensest,
  • most riveted,
  • in-tent,
  • re-solved,
  • in tenser,
  • Riveted,
  • more resolved,
  • in-tenser,
  • hellbent.
  •lost (adjective)
  • going circles,
  • more entranced,
  • be-wildered,
  • taken in,
  • be wildered,
  • most entranced,
  • going in circles.
  •negligent, not paying attention (adjective)
  • inattentive.
  •oblivious (adjective)
  • more forgetting,
  • dis-regardful,
  • unfamiliar,
  • Inconversant,
  • most blundering,
  • in cognizant,
  • in-conversant,
  • in sensible,
  • most unrecognizing,
  • un-concerned,
  • unrecognizing,
  • un-recognizing,
  • un-familiar,
  • not all there,
  • un recognizing,
  • most inconversant,
  • more unrecognizing,
  • dis regardful,
  • un informed,
  • most forgetting,
  • strung out,
  • in-sensible,
  • un-instructed,
  • un knowing,
  • un instructed,
  • most overlooking,
  • un concerned,
  • more overlooking,
  • over-looking,
  • not there,
  • un-informed,
  • un familiar,
  • in-cognizant,
  • in conversant,
  • un-acquainted,
  • over looking,
  • un-knowing,
  • un acquainted,
  • more inconversant,
  • more blundering.
  •obsessed (adjective)
  • be set,
  • wrapped up in,
  • harassed,
  • hung up on,
  • wrapped in,
  • immersed in,
  • taken over,
  • up to here in,
  • wound up with,
  • have on the brain.
  •operating; busy (adjective)
  • engaged.
  •pensive (adjective)
  • most pondering,
  • most reflecting,
  • more ruminating,
  • pondering,
  • more reflecting,
  • most ruminating,
  • more pondering.
  •rapt (adjective)
  • most beguiled,
  • over whelmed,
  • most ravished,
  • caught in,
  • more enraptured,
  • over-whelmed,
  • more beguiled,
  • trans ported,
  • de lighted,
  • de-lighted,
  • most enraptured,
  • more ravished.
  •ruminative (adjective)
  • ruminative,
  • in a brown study,
  • in brown study.
  •thoughtful (adjective)
  • de-liberative,
  • lost in thought,
  • philosophic,
  • de liberative,
  • most reasoning,
  • more museful,
  • Museful,
  • more reasoning,
  • most museful,
  • lost thought.
  •unaware, ignorant (adjective)
  • oblivious.

• n.

  •
  • excite,
  • intent,
  • awareness,
  • rapt,
  • deep.
  •
  • ability.
  •absent-minded (noun)
  • Absent-minded.
  •careless (noun)
  • mindless.
  •concerned (noun)
  • concerned.
  •distracted (noun)
  • study at absent-minded,
  • engrossed.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • fetish,
  • absorbed,
  • lost,
  • devour,
  • world,
  • obsess,
  • absorb,
  • haunted,
  • deep in thought,
  • fixated,
  • wrap,
  • mania,
  • prey,
  • self-obsessed,
  • obsession,
  • brood,
  • hung up,
  • live,
  • preoccupation,
  • dwell,
  • preoccupy,
  • eat,
  • obsessed,
  • hobbyhorse,
  • one-track mind,
  • pet,
  • obsessive,
  • brain,
  • fix,
  • fixate,
  • taken up,
  • bemused,
  • heart,
  • fixation,
  • axe,
  • run,
  • get,
  • nag.

• v.

  •preoccupy (verb)
  • get into,
  • latch onto,
  • understand,
  • take in,
  • assimilate,
  • follow,
  • immerse,
  • soak up,
  • grasp,
  • consume,
  • engross,
  • comprehend,
  • digest,
  • monopolize,
  • sense,
  • learn,
  • incorporate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dreamily,
  • inattention,
  • negligence,
  • pensive,
  • absently,
  • detachment,
  • distant,
  • vaguely,
  • distrait,
  • spaced-out,
  • lax.
  •
  • oblivion.
  •
  • neglect.
  •absentminded
  • forgetful.

Paraphrases for Preoccupied:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, past participle
    occupied.

• Independent

  • Verb, past participle
    encumbered, Predominated, Overshadowed, perturbed, populated, bothered, concerned, fascinated, concentrated, confused, unsettled, captivated, impeded, entertained, perplexed, impaired, vitiated, upset, troubled, worried, distorted, expressed, devoted, distracted, dominated, employed, altered, interested, Worked, agitated, addressed, disturbed, Served, affected, shattered, indisposed, care, Cared, crowned, Caught, diverted, impacted, touched, focused, focussed, disquieted, committed, Challenged, disrupted, ensured, alarmed, involved, Exercised, Heeded, dismayed, included, marred, engaged, Watched, attached, inhabited, studied, Entered, filled, listed, shocked, Debated, held, Looked, Dealt, staffed, taken, Acted.

Antonyms for Preoccupied:

• adj.

  • absent-minded
    alert, aware, attentive.
  • absorbed
    distracted, indifferent, bored, uninterested, disinterested.
  • attentive
    inconsiderate, neglectful, inattentive, disregarding, ignorant, Neglecting, heedless.
  • deep
    superficial, flighty.
  • dreamy
    horrible, unromantic, terrible.
  • engaged
    inoperable, not working, Disengaged.
  • faraway
    near, close.
  • forgetful
    remembering, recalling, mindful, retentive.
  • preoccupied
    unoccupied, observant.
  • Other antonyms:
    observing, wary, unconfused, vigilant, alive, heedful, prompt, unconcerned, on hand, conscious, heads-up, clearheaded, engaged, thoughtful, thoughtless, sharp, ready.