What is another word for preoccupied?
304 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹɪˈɒkjʊpˌa͡ɪd], [ pɹɪˈɒkjʊpˌaɪd], [ p_ɹ_ɪ__ˈɒ_k_j_ʊ_p_ˌaɪ_d]Table of Contents
Similar words for preoccupied:- absentminded (adjective)
- absorbed (adjective)
- attentive (adjective)
- bemused (adjective)
- compulsive (adjective)
- concentrating (adjective)
- contemplative, introspective (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- deeply involved with (adjective)
- distrait (adjective)
- dreamy (adjective)
- engaged (adjective)
- faraway (adjective)
- illusory, romantic (adjective)
- immersed (adjective)
- intent (adjective)
- lost (adjective)
- negligent, not paying attention (adjective)
- oblivious (adjective)
- obsessed (adjective)
- operating; busy (adjective)
- pensive (adjective)
- rapt (adjective)
- ruminative (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- unaware, ignorant (adjective)
- absent-minded (noun)
- careless (noun)
- concerned (noun)
- distracted (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- preoccupy (verb)
- other synonyms
- absentminded
Synonyms for Preoccupied:
adj.
•absentminded (adjective) •absorbed (adjective) •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.
- 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.
- unavailable,
- working,
- pursuing,
- tied up,
- Doing,
- signed,
- dealing in,
- performing,
- practicing,
- in place,
- at work,
- committed,
- in use,
- connected with,
- employed,
- occupied.
- 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.
- 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.
- going circles,
- more entranced,
- be-wildered,
- taken in,
- be wildered,
- most entranced,
- going in circles.
- 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.
- 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.
- most pondering,
- most reflecting,
- more ruminating,
- pondering,
- more reflecting,
- most ruminating,
- more pondering.
- most beguiled,
- over whelmed,
- most ravished,
- caught in,
- more enraptured,
- over-whelmed,
- more beguiled,
- trans ported,
- de lighted,
- de-lighted,
- most enraptured,
- more ravished.
n.
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- ability.
- 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:
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- dreamily,
- inattention,
- negligence,
- pensive,
- absently,
- detachment,
- distant,
- vaguely,
- distrait,
- spaced-out,
- lax.
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- oblivion.
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- neglect.
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, past participle
occupied.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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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.
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Antonyms for Preoccupied:
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adj.
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absorbed
distracted, indifferent, bored, uninterested, disinterested.
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attentive
inconsiderate, neglectful, inattentive, disregarding, ignorant, Neglecting, heedless.
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deep
superficial, flighty.
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dreamy
horrible, unromantic, terrible.
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engaged
inoperable, not working, Disengaged.
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forgetful
remembering, recalling, mindful, retentive.
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preoccupied
unoccupied, observant.
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Other antonyms:
observing, wary, unconfused, vigilant, alive, heedful, prompt, unconcerned, on hand, conscious, heads-up, clearheaded, engaged, thoughtful, thoughtless, sharp, ready.
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absorbed