'Busy' definitions:
Definition of 'busy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch" [ant: idle]
adjective
Overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design" [syn: busy, fussy]
adjective
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" [syn: interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied]
adjective
Crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport"
adjective
(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" [syn: busy, engaged, in use(p)]
verb
Keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [syn: busy, occupy]
Definition of 'Busy'
From: GCIDE
- Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh[=u]sh to be active, busy.]
- 1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. [1913 Webster]
- Sir, my mistress sends you word That she is busy, and she can not come. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constantly at work; diligent; active. [1913 Webster]
- Busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street. [1913 Webster]
- To-morrow is a busy day. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Officious; meddling; foolish active. [1913 Webster]
- On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Busy'
From: GCIDE
- Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied (b[i^]z"z[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books. [1913 Webster]
- Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'busy'
From: Moby 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
Words containing 'Busy'
- Busied,
- Business,
- Businesses,
- Busying,
- do business,
- doing business as,
- Business card,
- Business paper,
- To do one's business,
- To mean business,
- a going business,
- airline business,
- aluminum business,
- big business,
- business activity,
- business address,
- business agent,
- business college,
- business community,
- business concern,
- business cycle,
- business deal,
- business deduction,
- business department,
- business district,
- business editor,
- business enterprise,
- business establishment,
- business executive,
- business expense,
- business firm,
- business index,
- business leader,
- business letter,
- business life,
- business line,
- business loan,
- business lunch,
- business news,
- business office,
- business organisation,
- business organization,
- business people,
- business relation,
- business relationship,
- business school,
- business sector,
- business suit,
- business traveler,
- busy bee,
- computer business,
- discount business,
- family business,
- fashion business,
- illicit business,
- line of business,
- manufacturing business,
- master in business,
- monkey business,
- oil business,
- order of business,
- personal business,
- place of business,
- printing business,
- show business,
- stage business,
- toy business,
- unfinished business,
- business data processing,
- business interruption insurance,
- master in business administration,
- small business administration,
- To make a thing one's business,
- employee-owned business,
- going-out-of-business sale,
- land-office business,
- meat-packing business,
- real-estate business