busy

busy is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 10 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
2. adjective. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
3. adjective. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
4. adjective. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
5. adjective. Careful; anxious.
6. transitive verb. To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
7. verb. keep busy with

   "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

   Synonyms: occupy

8. adjective. crowded with or characterized by much activity

   "a very busy week"

   "a busy life"

9. adjective. actively or fully engaged or occupied

   "busy with her work"

   "a busy man"

10. adjective. intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

    "an interfering old woman"

    "bustling about self-importantly making an officious nuisance of himself"

    Synonyms: busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious

11. adjective. (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"

    Synonyms: engaged

12. adjective. overcrowded or cluttered with detail

    "a busy painting"

    "a fussy design"

    Synonyms: fussy

Synonyms

occupy, busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious, engaged, fussy

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in busy:

buys

Common word forms

busied, busier, busies, busily, busiest, busying, busyness

Words from these letters

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