busy

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Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Adjective

1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
   • Be careful crossing that busy street.
2. Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
   • The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
   • Her telephone has been busy all day.
   • He is busy with piano practice.
   • Ramzi is busy getting ready for meetings.
   • Go away, I’m busy sleeping!
3. Having much work to do; having much to get done.
4. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
   • Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
5. Officious; meddling.

Noun

1. A police officer.

Verb

1. To make somebody busy or active; to occupy.
   • On my vacation I'll busy myself with gardening.
   • The work busied me all afternoon.

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