Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
busy (adjective)1.
a) engaged in action - occupied
b) being in use - found the telephone busy
2.
full of activity - bustling a busy seaport
3.
foolishly or intrusively active - meddling
4.
full of distracting detail - a busy design
transitive verb
intransitive verb
to make busy - occupy - bustle small boats busied to and fro Quentin Crewe
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
busy (adjective)1.
involved in often constant activity
SYNONIMS:
active, assiduous, bustling, diligent, employed, engaged, hopping, industrious, laborious, occupied, sedulous, tied-up, workingRELATED WORDS:
knee-deep, swamped; animated, astir, buzzing, flourishing, happening, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant; absorbed, concentrating, engrossed, focused ( focussed), immersed, intent, preoccupied; alive, functional, functioning, going, living, operating, operational, operative, running; energetic, vigorous; hardworking; indefatigable, tireless, untiringNEAR ANTONYMS:
free; asleep, dormant, latent, lifeless, quiescent, sleepy; inert, passive; dead, dull, slow; inoperative, nonoperating2.
marked by much life, movement, or activity
SYNONIMS:
aboil, abubble, abuzz, animated, astir, brisk, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, happening, hopping, humming, kinetic, lively, rousing, stirring, thriving, vibrantRELATED WORDS:
abounding, crowded, overflowing, populous, swarming, teeming, thronging3.
thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited
SYNONIMS:
busy, interfering, intruding, meddlesome, meddling, nosy ( nosey), obtrusive, officious, presuming, presumptuous, protrusive, prying, pushing, pushy, snoopyRELATED WORDS:
bold, brazen, bumptious, impertinent, impudent, insolent, rude; invading, trespassing; curious, inquisitive; annoying, harassing, pestiferous; overbearing, superserviceableNEAR ANTONYMS:
hands-off; uninvolved; quiet, reclusive, reserved, reticent, retiring, silent, taciturn, withdrawn; inhibited, restrained, subduedto hold the attention of
SYNONIMS:
absorb, bemuse, busy, catch up, engross, enthrall ( enthral), enwrap, fascinate, grip, immerse, interest, intrigue, involve, occupyRELATED WORDS:
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, obsess; hypnotize, mesmerize; distract, preoccupy; hog, monopolizeNEAR ANTONYMS:
bore, jade, pall, tire, weary