bus·y (b z  )adj. bus·i·er, bus·i·est 1. Engaged in activity, as work; occupied. 2. Sustaining much activity: a busy morning; a busy street. 3. Meddlesome; prying. 4. Being in use, as a telephone line. 5. Cluttered with detail to the point of being distracting: a busy design. tr.v. bus·ied, bus·y·ing, bus·ies To make busy; occupy: busied myself preparing my tax return. [Middle English bisi, busi, from Old English bysig.] bus i·ly adv.bus y·ness n.Synonyms: busy, industrious, diligent, assiduous, sedulous These adjectives suggest active or sustained effort to accomplish something. Busy, the most general, sometimes indicates constant and customary work or activity: a busy lawyer; a busy day. Industrious implies steady application that is often habitual or the result of a natural inclination: weeds pulled by an industrious gardener. Diligent suggests constant painstaking effort, often toward the achievement of a specific goal: a diligent detective. Assiduous emphasizes sustained application: assiduous efforts to learn French. Sedulous adds to assiduous the sense of persistent, thoroughgoing endeavor: "the sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles" (Ernest van den Haag). |
busy
Adjective
[busier, busiest]
1. actively or fully engaged; occupied
2. crowded with or characterized by activity
3. (of a telephone line) in use; engaged
Verb
[busies, busying, busied]
to make or keep (someone, esp. oneself) busy; occupy [Old English bisig]
busily adv
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Verb | 1. | busy - keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" work - exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor" smatter, play around, dabble - work with in an amateurish manner; "She dabbles in astronomy"; "He plays around with investments but he never makes any money" |
| Adj. | 1. | busy - actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" diligent - characterized by care and perseverance in carrying out tasks; "a diligent detective investigates all clues"; "a diligent search of the files" employed - having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our graduates are employed" idle - not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" |
| 2. | busy - overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" fancy - not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" | |
| 3. | busy - intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner; "an interfering old woman"; "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"; "busy about other people's business" intrusive - tending to intrude (especially upon privacy); "she felt her presence there was intrusive" | |
| 4. | busy - crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport" active - full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account" | |
| 5. | busy - (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"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal" occupied - held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" |
busy
adjective 2. occupied with, working, engaged in, on duty, employed in, hard at work, engrossed in, in harness, on active service << OPPOSITE unoccupied
busy yourself occupy yourself, be engrossed, immerse yourself, involve yourself, amuse yourself, absorb yourself, employ yourself, engage yourself, keep busy or occupied
Translations
busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj → ocupado, atareado; [shop, street] → concurrido, animado
vt to busy o.s. with → ocuparse en;
the line's busy (esp US) → está comunicando
busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj → occupé(e); [shop, street] → très fréquenté(e);
(US) [telephone, line] → occupé
vt to busy o.s. → s'occuper;
busy [ˈbɪzɪ] adj (person) → beschäftigt;
(shop, street) → belebt;
(Tel) (esp US) → besetzt
vt to busy o.s. with → sich beschäftigen mit;
he's a busy man → er ist ein viel beschäftigter Mann;
adj busy [ˈbizi]
1 having a lot (of work etc) to do I am very busy. besig مَشْغول، مُنْهَمِك зает zaneprázdněný, zaměstnán travl beschäftigt απασχολημένος ocupado hõivatud مشغول kiireinen occupé עָסוּק व्यस्त zaposlen elfoglalt banyak pekerjaan, sibuk upptekinn, önnum kafinn occupato 忙しい 바쁜 užsiėmęs, užimtas aizņemts; nevaļīgs sibuk bezig, druk travel, opptatt zajęty, zapracowany ocupado ocupat занятой zamestnanie zaposlen zauzet upptagen ยุ่ง meşgul, işi var 忙的 зайнятий مصروف bận rộn 忙的
2 full of traffic, people, activity etc The roads are busy; a busy time of year. besige مُزْدَحِم оживен rušný, živý travl belebt πολυσύχναστος, με έντονη δραστηριότητα concurrido elav شلوغ؛ پر تکاپو vilkas animé סוֹאֵן भीड़ aktivan forgalmas, mozgalmas ramai iðandi; annasamur affollato, movimentato 混んでいる 밀려 있는 pilnas, judrus, įtemptas dzīvs; rosīgs sibuk druk med stor trafikk ruchliwy movimentado aglomerat интенсивный;оживлённый rušný živahen prometan livlig, full av rörelse (trafik) เต็มไปด้วยรถ คน หรือกิจกรรมต่าง ๆ kalabalık, işlek 繁忙的,沒空的 пожвавлений, неспокійний سرگرم ، مشغول nhộn nhịp 没空的
3 (especially American) (of a telephone line) engaged All the lines to New York are busy. beset مَشْغول зает obsazený optaget besetzt κατειλημμένος (για τηλεφωνική γραμμή) ocupado kinni مشغول varattu occupé תָפוּס व्यस्त zauzet foglalt (telefon) penuh, sibuk upptekinn occupato 話し中で 통화중인 užimtas (par telefona līniju) aizņemts sibuk bezet opptatt zajęty ocupado ocupat занятый obsadený zaseden zauzet upptagen (สาย) ไม่ว่าง meşgul 佔用著 зайнятий کام میں مشغول đang bận 占用着
v
(sometimes withwith) to occupy (oneself) with She busied herself preparing the meal. bemoei يُشغِل نَفْسَه зает с zaměstnávat se travl med; beskæftige sig med sich beschäftigen mit απασχολούμαι με κτ. ocuparse (millegagi) tegevuses olema مشغول کردن puuhailla jonkin kimpussa s'occuper (à) לְהַעֲסִיק אֶת עַצמֵך किसी काम में लगना biti zaposlen elfoglalja magát menyibukkan láta sig varða, snúa sér að, annast occuparsi di 忙しくする 바쁘게 하다 užsiimti nodarbināt menyibukkan bezig zijn beskjeftige seg med zajmować się, krzątać się ocupar-se a se ocupa (de) заниматься (чем-л.) zamestnať sa ukvarjati se (z) zaokupiti se vara sysselsatt (upptagen) med ไม่อยู่เฉย oyalamak, meşgul etmek 使忙碌 займатися کام میں لگے رہنا bận rộn với cái gì 使忙碌
adv busily
bedrywige بِانْشِغال، بانْهِماك усърдно pilně, horlivě travlt geschäftig δραστήρια con afán usinalt بطور پر مشغله puuhakkaasti activement בְּחָרִיצוּת व्यस्तता से zauzeto serényen penuh kesibukan ötullega attivamente 忙しく 바쁘게 labai užsiėmęs nevaļīgi; rosīgi sangat sibuk druk flittig; geskjeftig skrzętnie activamente (în mod) activ/energic энергично, деловито horlivo delavno zauzeto ivrigt, energiskt ยุ่ง uğraşarak, gayretle 忙碌地 діяльно, пожвавлено مصروفیت سے ، انہماک bận rộn 忙碌地
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