busy
busy Lexical Profile
busy Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Having a great deal to do; actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime.
"The lead researcher is too busy with laboratory experiments to attend the afternoon meeting."
Full of activity, people, or traffic; bustling and lively.
"The central train station is always busy during the morning commute."
North American Currently in use and therefore unavailable to receive a new call (of a telephone line).
"I tried calling the clinic three times, but the line was busy."
Excessively detailed, ornate, or cluttered with visual elements.
"The interior designer felt the wallpaper pattern was too busy for such a small bedroom."
• verb
To keep oneself or someone else occupied or actively engaged with a task.
"She busied herself with organizing the bookshelves while waiting for her guests to arrive."
• Rhymes for busy
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English bisig ('careful, anxious, busy, occupied, diligent'), of West Germanic origin and cognate with Dutch bezigh.