busy

/bˈɪzi/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. actively or fully engaged or occupied
   “busy with her work”
2. overcrowded or cluttered with detail
   “a busy painting”
3. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
   “an interfering old woman”
4. crowded with or characterized by much activity
   “a very busy week”
5. (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”

verb

1. keep busy with
   “She busies herself with her butterfly collection”

Synonyms for busy

• at work
• drudging
• engaged
• overbusy
• tied up
• up to
• fussy
• fancy
• interfering
• meddlesome
• meddling
• officious
• busybodied
• intrusive
• active
• in use
• occupied
• occupy

Antonyms of busy

• idle

Words that rhyme with busy

• dizzy
• tizzy
• bizzy
• brizzi
• izzi
• izzy
• lizhi
• lizzie
• lizzy
• pizzi
• rizzi