Busy

//ˈbɪz.i//

Synonyms for "busy" (144 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Adjective(4 words)
swampedabuzzanimatedynamic
Adjective(1 words)
busybodied

Strong matches (43)

Adjective(3 words)
effervescentheartyheavy
Preposition(1 words)
in the middle of

Related words (72)

Adjective(3 words)
meddlesomemeddlingofficious
Verb(2 words)
occupyoccupy oneself
Adjective(4 words)
wantonyouthfulzestfulzippy

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

1 entries

Antonyms

7 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

derived

42 entries

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distinct from

3 entries

has context

4 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

46 entries

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similar

22 entries

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Translations

234 translations across 82 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • besig adj (doing a great deal)

Albanian

1 entries
  • zënë adj (doing a great deal)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • ἄσχολος adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • ἄσχολος adj (doing a great deal)
  • ἐνεργός adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مشغول adj (doing a great deal)
  • مَشْغُول adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • مَشْغُول adj (doing a great deal)

Armenian

1 entries
  • զբաղված adj (doing a great deal)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • başıqarışıq adj (doing a great deal)
  • məşğul adj (doing a great deal)
  • əlində iş olan adj (doing a great deal)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • мәшғүл adj (doing a great deal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • за́няты adj (doing a great deal)

Bengali

1 entries
  • মশগুল adj (doing a great deal)

Breton

1 entries
  • oberiant adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • деен adj (doing a great deal)
  • за́ет adj (doing a great deal)
  • зает adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • натоварен adj (crowded with business or activities)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ocupat adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • ocupat adj (doing a great deal)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 唔得閒 /唔得闲 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 唔得閒 /唔得闲 adj (doing a great deal)
  • 忙 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 忙 adj (doing a great deal)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 忙 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 忙 adj (doing a great deal)
  • 繁忙 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 繁忙 adj (doing a great deal)

Czech

4 entries
  • rušný adj (complicated)
  • zaměstnaný adj (doing a great deal)
  • zaneprázděný adj (doing a great deal)
  • zaměstnávat verb (to keep busy with)

Danish

2 entries
  • befærdet adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • travl adj (doing a great deal)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bezig adj (doing a great deal)
  • bezig adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • druk adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • druk adj (complicated)

Eastern Min Chinese

2 entries
  • 忙 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 忙 adj (doing a great deal)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • homplena adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • okupata adj (doing a great deal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • toimekas adj (doing a great deal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kiireinen adj (doing a great deal)
  • levoton adj (complicated)
  • sekava adj (complicated)
  • työntäyteinen adj (doing a great deal)

French

4 entries
  • occupé adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • occupé adj (doing a great deal)
  • occupé adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • se livrer verb (to keep busy with)

Galician

3 entries
  • ocupado adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • ocupado adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • trang adj (doing a great deal)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დაკავებული adj (doing a great deal)
  • დაკავებული adj (engaged or preoccupied)

German

4 entries
  • beschäftigt adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • beschäftigt adj (doing a great deal)
  • beschäftigt adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • besetzt adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Greek

2 entries
  • πολυάσχολος adj (doing a great deal)
  • πολυσύχναστος adj (crowded with business or activities)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • paʻahana adj (doing a great deal)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • הוֹמֶה adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • סוֹאֵן adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • עָמוּס adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • עָסוּק adj (doing a great deal)

Hindi

4 entries
  • मशग़ूल adj (doing a great deal)
  • मसरूफ़ adj (doing a great deal)
  • व्यस्त adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • व्यस्त adj (doing a great deal)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • dolga van adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • dolgos adj (doing a great deal)
  • elfoglalt adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • foglalt adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • upptekinn adj (doing a great deal)

Ido

1 entries
  • okupata adj (doing a great deal)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • ramai adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • sibuk adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • sibuk adj (doing a great deal)

Irish

2 entries
  • broidiúil adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • gnóthach adj (doing a great deal)

Italian

4 entries
  • busy adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • impegnato adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • indaffarato adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • occupato adj (doing a great deal)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 使用中 adj (doing a great deal)
  • 忙しい adj (doing a great deal)
  • 繁華 adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • 賑やか adj (crowded with business or activities)

Khmer

1 entries
  • រវីរវល់ adj (doing a great deal)

Korean

2 entries
  • 바쁘다 adj (doing a great deal)
  • 바쁜 adj (doing a great deal)

Kumyk

1 entries
  • машгъул adj (doing a great deal)

Lao

2 entries
  • ຄາວຽກ adj (doing a great deal)
  • ຫຍຸ້ງ adj (doing a great deal)

Latin

4 entries
  • celeber adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • negotiosus adj (doing a great deal)
  • occupatus adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • occupātus adj (crowded with business or activities)

Latvian

2 entries
  • aizņemts adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • nodarbināts adj (doing a great deal)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • užsiėmusiam adj (doing a great deal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • зафатен adj (doing a great deal)

Malay

2 entries
  • ramai adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • sibuk adj (doing a great deal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • завгүй adj (doing a great deal)

Māori

4 entries
  • arokē adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • korewātea adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • toritori adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • toritori adj (doing a great deal)

Norman

2 entries
  • embarrassaï adj (doing a great deal)
  • embarrassaï adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • opptatt adj (doing a great deal)
  • opptatt adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • travel adj (doing a great deal)
  • travel adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • beskjeftige verb (to keep busy with)

Occitan

1 entries
  • ocupat adj (doing a great deal)

Old English

1 entries
  • bisiġ adj (doing a great deal)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • دركار adj (doing a great deal)
  • دركار adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • مشغول adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • مشغول adj (doing a great deal)

Papiamentu

1 entries
  • okupá adj (doing a great deal)

Pashto

4 entries
  • اخته adj (doing a great deal)
  • اخته adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • بوخت adj (doing a great deal)
  • بوخت adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Persian

2 entries
  • شلوغ adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • مشغول adj (doing a great deal)

Plautdietsch

4 entries
  • beschafticht adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • beschafticht adj (doing a great deal)
  • drock adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • drock adj (doing a great deal)

Polish

3 entries
  • skomplikowany adj (complicated)
  • zajęty adj (doing a great deal)
  • zajęty adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • ocupado adj (doing a great deal)
  • ocupado adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • ocupar verb (to keep busy with)

Romanian

1 entries
  • harnic adj (doing a great deal)

Russian

4 entries
  • де́ятельный adj (doing a great deal)
  • за́нятый adj (doing a great deal)
  • за́нятый adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • занято́й adj (doing a great deal)

Scots

2 entries
  • thrang adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • thrang adj (doing a great deal)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • trang adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • trang adj (doing a great deal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nametljiv adj (doing a great deal)
  • prometan adj (doing a great deal)
  • наметљив adj (doing a great deal)
  • прометан adj (doing a great deal)

Slovak

3 entries
  • rušný adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • zaneprázdnený adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • činný adj (doing a great deal)

Slovene

1 entries
  • zaposlen adj (doing a great deal)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ajetreado adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • atareado adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • bisi adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • bisi adj (doing a great deal)

Swahili

1 entries
  • bizi adj (doing a great deal)

Swedish

4 entries
  • flitig adj (doing a great deal)
  • jäktig adj (doing a great deal)
  • livlig adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • livligt trafikerad adj (crowded with business or activities)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • okupado adj (doing a great deal)

Tatar

1 entries
  • мәшгуль adj (doing a great deal)

Thai

1 entries
  • ยุ่ง adj (doing a great deal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • meşgul adj (doing a great deal)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • meşgul adj (doing a great deal)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • за́йнята adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • за́йнятий adj (doing a great deal)
  • за́йнятий adj (engaged or preoccupied)
  • за́йняті adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مشغول adj (doing a great deal)
  • مصروف adj (doing a great deal)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ئالدىراش adj (doing a great deal)
  • مەشغۇل adj (doing a great deal)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • band adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • band adj (doing a great deal)
  • mashgʻul adj (doing a great deal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • bận adj (doing a great deal)
  • bận rộn adj (doing a great deal)

Welsh

2 entries
  • prysur adj (crowded with business or activities)
  • prysur adj (doing a great deal)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • beset adj (doing a great deal)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • פֿאַרנומען adj (doing a great deal)
  • פֿאַרנומען adj (engaged or preoccupied)

Sample sentences

32 total sentences available.

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They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Source: tatoeba (1669)

You are a busy man, so I will adjust myself to your schedule.

Source: tatoeba (7844)

You are always as busy as a bee.

Source: tatoeba (16760)

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