Main entry: busy
Definition: actively or fully engaged or occupied
Usage: busy with her work; a busy man; too busy to eat lunch
Antonyms: idle
Definition: not in action or at work
Antonyms: unoccupied
Definition: not held or filled or in use
Antonyms: unoccupied
Definition: not seized and controlled
Main entry: busy, fussy
Definition: overcrowded or cluttered with detail
Usage: a busy painting; a fussy design
Antonyms: plain
Definition: not elaborate or elaborated; simple
Main entry: busy
Definition: crowded with or characterized by much activity
Usage: a very busy week; a busy life; a busy street; a busy seaport
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Antonyms: extinct
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
Antonyms: stative
Definition: ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
Antonyms: passive
Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Antonyms: quiet
Definition: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Main entry: engaged, in use, busy
Definition: (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)
Usage: her line is busy; receptionists' telephones are always engaged; the lavatory is in use; kept getting a busy signal
Antonyms: unoccupied
Definition: not held or filled or in use
Antonyms: unoccupied
Definition: not seized and controlled
Main entry: meddlesome, meddling, interfering, officious, busy, busybodied
Definition: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Usage: an interfering old woman; bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself; busy about other people's business
Antonyms: not intrusive, unintrusive
Definition: not interfering or meddling
Antonyms: protrusive
Definition: thrusting outward
Antonyms: extrusive
Definition: of rock material; forced out while molten through cracks in the earth's surface