busy

Meanings

• keep busy with
• actively or fully engaged or occupied
  • "busy with her work"
  • "a busy man"
  • "too busy to eat lunch"
• overcrowded or cluttered with detail
  • "a busy painting"
• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
  • "busy about other people's business"
• crowded with or characterized by much activity
  • "a very busy week"
  • "a busy life"
  • "a busy street"
  • "a busy seaport"
• (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"
  • "kept getting a busy signal"

Synonyms

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