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Overview of adj busy The adj busy has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (30) busy -- (actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy") 2. (1) busy, fussy -- (overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design") 3. (1) interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied -- (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") 4. (1) busy -- (crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport") 5. busy, engaged, in use -- ((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") Antonyms of adj busy 5 senses of busy Sense 1 busy (vs. idle) idle (vs. busy) => at liberty(prenominal) => bone-idle, bone-lazy => faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy => goldbricking(postnominal) => lackadaisical => leisure(postnominal), leisured => unengaged Sense 2 busy, fussy INDIRECT (VIA fancy) -> plain Sense 3 interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied INDIRECT (VIA intrusive) -> unintrusive, not intrusive Sense 4 busy INDIRECT (VIA active) -> inactive Sense 5 busy, engaged, in use(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA occupied) -> unoccupied Similarity of adj busy 5 senses of busy Sense 1 busy (vs. idle) => at work(prenominal) => drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling => engaged, occupied => engaged, occupied => overbusy => tied up(prenominal) => up to Also See-> diligent#2; employed#1 Sense 2 busy, fussy => fancy (vs. plain) Sense 3 interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied => intrusive (vs. unintrusive) Sense 4 busy => active (vs. inactive) Sense 5 busy, engaged, in use(prenominal) => occupied (vs. unoccupied) Attributes of adj busy Familiarity of adj busy busy used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj busy busy busybodied overbusy Overview of adj busy The adj busy has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts) 1. (30) busy -- (actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"; "the line is busy") 2. (1) busy, fussy -- (overcrowded or cluttered with detail; "a busy painting"; "a fussy design") 3. (1) interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, busy, busybodied -- (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") 4. (1) busy -- (crowded with or characterized by much activity; "a very busy week"; "a busy life"; "a busy street"; "a busy seaport") 5. busy, engaged, in use -- ((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")
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