Busy meaning

What does “busy” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“busy” is a verb and adjective with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: keep busy with.

busy

keep busy with
“She busies herself with her butterfly collection”
Synonymsoccupy

actively or fully engaged or occupied
“busy with her work”
“a busy man”
Oppositesidle
overcrowded or cluttered with detail
“a busy painting”
“a fussy design”
Synonymsfussy
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
“an interfering old woman”
“bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself”
Synonymsinterfering meddlesome meddling officious busybodied
crowded with or characterized by much activity
“a very busy week”
“a busy life”
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
“her line is busy”
“receptionists' telephones are always engaged”
Synonymsengaged in use

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University