<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>actively and attentively engaged in work or a pastime: busy with her work.</li><li>Synonyms: hardworking, assiduous</li><li>Antonyms: indolent</li><li>not at leisure; otherwise engaged: He couldn't see any visitors because he was busy.</li><li>Synonyms: working, occupied</li><li>Antonyms: unoccupied</li><li>full of or characterized by activity: a busy life.</li><li>(of a telephone line) in use by a party or parties and not immediately accessible.</li><li>officious; meddlesome; prying.</li><li>ornate, disparate, or clashing in design or colors; cluttered with small, unharmonious details; fussy: The rug is too busy for this room.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to keep occupied; make or keep busy: In summer, he busied himself keeping the lawn in order.</li></ul>