Busy

Adjective

 * 1) Doing a great deal; having a lot of things to do in the space of time given
 * 2) Engaged in another activity or by someone else.
 * 3) Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.

Verb

 * 1) To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
 * 2) To rush somebody.

Adverbs for Busy
hurriedly; interferingly; noisily; officiously; irritatingly; animatedly; industriously; ambitiously; casually; perfunctorily;agreeably; delightfully; ceaselessly; charmingly; briskly; cheerfully; intelligently; constantly; curiously; unreasonably; competently; ordinarily; astoundingly; tremendously; comically; amazingly; actively; eagerly; zealously; energetically; smartly; ostentatiously; craftily; cleverly; capably; boyishly; noisily; happily.

Related terms

 * busy as a beaver
 * busy as a bee
 * busybody
 * busyness
 * busy work

Thesaurus
absorb, active, arabesque, assiduous, at it, at work, attend to business, baroque, burden, bustling, busybody, chichi, complex, complicated, detailed, devote, diligent, divert, drive, elaborate, elegant, employ, employed, energetic, engage, engaged, engross, fag, fancy, fine, flamboyant, florid, flowery, forward, frilly, full of business, fussy, hard at it, hard at work, hectic, high-wrought, hustling, immerse, impertinent, in harness, industrious, inquisitive, intricate, involve, involved, keep busy, labored, lively, luxuriant, luxurious, meddlesome, meddling, mind the store, moresque, nosy, occupied, occupy, officious, on duty, on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move, on the run, oppress, ornate, ostentatious, overdrive, overelaborate, overelegant, overlabored, overtask, overtax, overwork, overworked, overwrought, pass the time, picturesque, presumptuous, pretty-pretty, prying, pushing, pushy, rich, rococo, self-appointed, snoopy, soak, spend, spend the time, sweat, task, tax, tied up, work, working

Etymology
From busi:, bisi:, from  bysig:, bisig:. Cognate with besich:,  besig:,  bisgia:.

Adjective

 * Afrikaans: besig
 * Albanian: zënë
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Azeri:
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ocupat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Croatian:
 * Czech: zaměstnaný, zaneprázděný (of person)
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: toimekas
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: trang
 * Georgian: დაკავებულია (dakavebulia)
 * German:
 * Greek: πολυάσχολος (polyáskholos)
 * Hebrew: עָסוּק ('asúq), עסוקה ('asuqa)
 * Hindi: व्यस्त, मसरूफ़, मशग़ूल
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: okupata
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: gnóthach
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 忙しい, 使用中
 * Korean: 바쁜
 * Latvian: nodarbināts
 * Lithuanian: užsiėmusiam
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:, opptatt
 * Papiamentu: okupá
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: занятой /, деятельный
 * Scottish Gaelic: trang
 * Serbian: прометан (prometan)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: okupado
 * Thai: (yôong wôon waai)
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зайнятий (zájnjatyj)
 * Urdu: مصروف, مشغول
 * Uyghur: ayighi
 * Vietnamese: bận rộn
 * Welsh: prysur
 * West Frisian: beset
 * Yiddish: farnumen


 * Bulgarian: зает
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: occupato


 * Latin:
 * Norwegian: opptatt,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: rušný
 * Dutch:


 * Finnish: ,
 * Polish: skomplikowany

Verb

 * Bulgarian: занимавам
 * Czech: zaměstnávat


 * Finnish:, ,


 * Finnish:

Anagrams

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