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busier
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")
Grep of noun busier
le corbusier
Antonyms of adj busy
5 senses of busy
Sense 1
busy (vs. idle)
idle (vs. busy)
=> bone-idle, bone-lazy
=> faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
=> lackadaisical
=> 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(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA occupied) -> unoccupied
Similarity of adj busy
5 senses of busy
Sense 1
busy (vs. idle)
=> at work(predicate)
=> drudging, laboring, labouring, toiling
=> engaged, occupied
=> overbusy
=> tied up(predicate)
=> 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(predicate)
=> occupied (vs. unoccupied)
Pertainyms of adj busy
Attributes of adj busy
Domain of adj busy
Domain Terms of adj busy
Familiarity of adj busy
busy used as an adjective is common (polysemy count =5)
Grep of adj busy
busy
busybodied
overbusy
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