Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

Noun

The word "busy" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bored doing doing nothing free idle idle nothing

Derived Terms

I'm busy Wheal Busy bebusy busihead busily business busy around busy as a beaver busy as a bee busy as a dyke in a hardware store busy as a nailer busy as a one-armed paper hanger busy as a one-armed paperhanger busy beaver busy beaver function busy bee busy board busy body busy book busy box busy little beaver busy loop busy signal busy work busy-ness busy-work busybody busyish busyness embusy ever-busy fast busy signal forebusy get busy keep someone busy nonbusy overbusy semibusy superbusy the line is busy unbusy underbusy

Distinct From

idle relaxing slow

Context

derogatory liverpool slang uk

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

work

Manner Of

work

Related Terms

action active adjective as bee bee bee like beeping beeping signal business busy as beaver busy as bee busy work busybody busyness complicated diligent doing doing lots doing much employed engaged fast intricate like lots means means occupied moving moving fast much much business occupied occupy officious on phone phone police officer productive rush signal swamped urgent very very active work working

Similar Terms

active active at work at work diligent drudging employed engaged engaged fancy intrusive laboring labouring labouring occupied overbusy overbusy tied up tied up toiling up to up to

Synonym Network

fussy in use interfering swamped

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