Synonyms for Preoccupy:

• v.

  •absorb (verb)
  • soak up,
  • comprehend,
  • understand,
  • get into,
  • learn,
  • get,
  • follow,
  • sense,
  • grasp,
  • assimilate,
  • take in,
  • digest,
  • latch onto,
  • incorporate.
  •consume (verb)
  • puts to use,
  • had recourse to,
  • ex-pends,
  • has recourse to,
  • ex-pending,
  • finishing up,
  • profited by,
  • ex-pended,
  • haddest recourse to,
  • availed oneself of,
  • availed of,
  • hast recourse to,
  • putting to use,
  • ex pend,
  • hath recourse to,
  • ex-pend,
  • frivoled away,
  • frivoling away,
  • put use,
  • washes up,
  • having recourse to,
  • ex pends,
  • running out of,
  • putting use,
  • ex pended,
  • ex pending,
  • profits by,
  • availing oneself of,
  • profiting by,
  • frivols away,
  • frivolled away,
  • ran out of,
  • hadst recourse to,
  • runs through,
  • finishes up,
  • runs out of,
  • puts use,
  • frivolling away,
  • avails of,
  • washing up,
  • availing of.
  •emotion (verb)
  • preoccupy.
  •engage (verb)
  • pre engages,
  • be witching,
  • hath fling at,
  • hath go at,
  • hast a shot at,
  • has a go at,
  • has a fling at,
  • going in for,
  • giving a try,
  • went for broke,
  • gives a try,
  • giving try,
  • Preengaging,
  • be-witches,
  • hast go at,
  • hath a shot at,
  • has fling at,
  • had a go at,
  • under-taken,
  • haddest shot at,
  • having a fling at,
  • hast a go at,
  • haddest a shot at,
  • be witched,
  • be witches,
  • had a shot at,
  • has shot at,
  • tries for size,
  • having shot at,
  • gives whirl,
  • trying for size,
  • tried on for size,
  • haddest fling at,
  • hadst a shot at,
  • preengages,
  • under-takes,
  • pre-engaging,
  • having fling at,
  • hath a go at,
  • had a fling at,
  • gave a whirl,
  • hadst fling at,
  • had go at,
  • under took,
  • takes part,
  • be-witch,
  • under takes,
  • gave try,
  • setting about,
  • enter in to,
  • went out for,
  • under-taking,
  • tried for size,
  • kept busy,
  • hast shot at,
  • have shot at,
  • have go at,
  • having a go at,
  • giving whirl,
  • gave a try,
  • be witch,
  • hath a fling at,
  • goes in for,
  • be-witched,
  • hadst shot at,
  • had fling at,
  • haddest go at,
  • have fling at,
  • having a shot at,
  • goes for broke,
  • gave whirl,
  • keeping busy,
  • hadst go at,
  • give try,
  • be-witching,
  • had shot at,
  • pre engaging,
  • pre engaged,
  • haddest a go at,
  • pre-engages,
  • hast a fling at,
  • gives a whirl,
  • Preengaged,
  • under taken,
  • hadst a go at,
  • goes out for,
  • pre engage,
  • pre-engaged,
  • entering into,
  • keeps busy,
  • under taking,
  • hast fling at,
  • haddest a fling at,
  • went in for,
  • give whirl,
  • has a shot at,
  • has go at,
  • giving a whirl,
  • hadst a fling at,
  • hath shot at,
  • gives try,
  • embarking on,
  • going out for,
  • under take,
  • sets about,
  • tries on for size,
  • having go at,
  • trying on for size,
  • pre-engage.
  •engross (verb)
  • became lost,
  • upping on,
  • becoming lost,
  • sewing up,
  • wast hung,
  • art hung,
  • were hung,
  • sews up,
  • are hung,
  • upped on,
  • becomes lost,
  • is hung,
  • am hung,
  • ups on,
  • was hung,
  • being hung,
  • wert hung.
  •enthrall (verb)
  • sub jugate,
  • sub due,
  • sub dues,
  • held spellbound,
  • holding spellbound,
  • be-guiles,
  • sub-jugate,
  • sub-due,
  • be-guile,
  • holds spellbound,
  • be guile,
  • be guiles,
  • sub-dues.
  •exercise (verb)
  • dis-tress,
  • dis tressed,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis tress,
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis-tressed.
  •forestall (verb)
  • pre vents,
  • pre venting,
  • de lays,
  • fore-stall,
  • fore-stalls,
  • de lay,
  • pre-vent,
  • fore-stalled,
  • de-lays,
  • fore stalling,
  • de-laying,
  • de laying,
  • fore stalled,
  • pre-venting,
  • pre-vented,
  • fore stalls,
  • pre vent,
  • pre-vents,
  • de-lay,
  • fore stall,
  • fore-stalling.
  •involve (verb)
  • re-quiring,
  • points to,
  • pre supposes,
  • in corporates,
  • de noting,
  • pre-supposes,
  • pre-supposing,
  • in criminates,
  • re late,
  • in-corporate,
  • de-notes,
  • re quire,
  • in criminate,
  • pre supposing,
  • wrapping in,
  • re quires,
  • de notes,
  • re-lated,
  • re-quire,
  • roping in,
  • pre suppose,
  • wraps in,
  • wrapt up in,
  • in corporate,
  • snarls up,
  • in-criminate,
  • de-note,
  • re-quired,
  • in-criminates,
  • de-noted,
  • in-corporates,
  • ropes in,
  • in criminating,
  • de note,
  • pre-supposed,
  • de noted,
  • in-criminating,
  • pre supposed,
  • de-noting,
  • wrap in,
  • pre-suppose,
  • snarling up,
  • wrapping up in,
  • re-quires,
  • re quiring,
  • wrapt in,
  • in-criminated,
  • re quired,
  • wraps up in.
  •occupy (verb)
  • wast active with,
  • was concerned with,
  • are concerned with,
  • am active with,
  • is concerned with,
  • am concerned with,
  • wast concerned with,
  • holds attention,
  • being active with,
  • held attention,
  • art concerned with,
  • are active with,
  • wert concerned with,
  • were concerned with,
  • were active with,
  • holding attention,
  • was active with,
  • wert active with,
  • art active with,
  • being concerned with,
  • is active with.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discombobulate,
  • disorient,
  • distract,
  • perplex,
  • boggle,
  • bewilder,
  • disorientate.
  •
  • confuse.
  •
  • immerse,
  • monopolize,
  • fuck up,
  • divert.
  •
  • buffalo,
  • fox,
  • consume.
  •
  • cloud,
  • put off,
  • fog.
  •
  • lose.
  •consume
  • frivol away,
  • avail oneself of,
  • waste,
  • profit by,
  • finished up,
  • finish up,
  • going through,
  • put to use,
  • expend,
  • have recourse to,
  • wash up,
  • run out of,
  • exhaust,
  • avail of,
  • avails oneself of,
  • Trifled,
  • washed up.
  •occupy
  • be active with,
  • be concerned with.
  •Other relevant words:
  • conquer,
  • preoccupied,
  • charm,
  • grab,
  • busy,
  • enchant,
  • beset,
  • bother,
  • mystify,
  • plague,
  • destroy,
  • annihilate,
  • disturb,
  • preempt,
  • confound,
  • not let go,
  • obsess,
  • sit on,
  • compel,
  • hypnotize,
  • awareness,
  • excite,
  • care,
  • fascinate,
  • hold,
  • subjugate,
  • arrest,
  • fixate,
  • do in,
  • overcome,
  • bewitch,
  • ruin,
  • ghost,
  • make use of,
  • torment,
  • devastate,
  • maze,
  • bamboozle,
  • entertain,
  • perturb,
  • enthral,
  • indent,
  • catch,
  • haunted,
  • harass,
  • pre-empt,
  • requisition,
  • amuse,
  • concern,
  • Preoccupying,
  • puzzle,
  • take it all,
  • impel,
  • Accroach,
  • colonize,
  • employ,
  • beguile,
  • grip,
  • ravage,
  • jump a claim,
  • trouble,
  • absorb the attention,
  • possess,
  • appropriate,
  • bemuse,
  • overrun,
  • prepossess,
  • drive,
  • abstract,
  • hypnotise,
  • tie up,
  • interest,
  • anticipate,
  • adopt,
  • devour,
  • spellbind,
  • disquiet,
  • enslave,
  • put-off,
  • hold attention,
  • govern,
  • dominate,
  • befuddle,
  • captivate,
  • baffle,
  • haunt,
  • overwhelm,
  • take possession of,
  • entrance,
  • eat up,
  • wear out,
  • infatuate,
  • engage the thoughts,
  • bedevil.

Paraphrases for Preoccupy:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    bother.
  • Verb, base form
    care.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    worry.
  • Verb, base form
    occupy, concern, worry.

Antonyms for Preoccupy:

• v.

  • absorb
    neglect, mistake, miss, exclude, misinterpret, misunderstand, not get, overlook.

Hypernym for Preoccupy:

• v.

  • emotion
    obsess, prepossess, haunt, ghost.

Hyponym for Preoccupy:

• v.

  • emotion
    command, control.
  • possession
    seize, assume, usurp, take over, arrogate.