Thesaurus / busies
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synonyms for busies
- arrest
- catch
- employ
- fascinate
- immerse
- interest
- involve
- join
- participate
- preoccupy
- undertake
- absorb
- allure
- bewitch
- busy
- captivate
- charm
- draw
- enamor
- enchant
- enthrall
- grip
- imbue
- monopolize
- partake
- practice
- soak
- tackle
- embark on
- enter into
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for broke
- go in for
- go out for
- have a fling at
- have a go at
- have a shot at
- keep busy
- pitch in
- preengage
- set about
- take part
- tie up
- try on for size
- bewitch
- captivate
- enrapture
- enthrall
- fascinate
- immerse
- preoccupy
- absorb
- apply
- arrest
- assimilate
- attract
- busy
- consume
- corner
- engage
- engulf
- fill
- grip
- hog
- involve
- monopolize
- occupy
- soak
- become lost
- be hung
- sew up
- take up
- up on
On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to busies, such as: attend, employ, fill, involve, take up, and absorb.
- bore
- disenchant
- disinterest
- free
- ignore
- let go
- release
- disgust
- forget
- neglect
- offend
- repel
- repulse
- turn off
- discharge
- disconnect
- bore
- disenchant
- disgust
- offend
- repel
- tire
- turn off
- eject
- let go
- misunderstand
- not use
- reject
- release
- surrender
- yield
- forget
- ignore
- repulse
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use busies in a sentence
Every one, however, busies himself about things quite foreign to the work of the office.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDETHe busies himself throughout twelve books in teaching his students how to use all possible means to persuasion.
RHETORIC AND POETRY IN THE RENAISSANCEDONALD LEMEN CLARKZoséphine busies herself with her riding-skirt, shifts her seat a little, and with studied carelessness assents.
BONAVENTUREGEORGE WASHINGTON CABLEWe needed a word for the individual who busies himself with, or drives an automobile, and so we have adapted the word chauffeur.
THE AUTOMOBILIST ABROADM. F. (MILBURG FRANCISCO) MANSFIELDIn fact, he often has to leave the machine for a short time to look after itself while he busies himself with the gun.
THE ROMANCE OF WAR INVENTIONSTHOMAS W. CORBINIt busies itself only with this absolutely necessary action.
DRAMATIC TECHNIQUEGEORGE PIERCE BAKERMolly; a man who busies himself about women's affairs or does work that properly belongs to women.
ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELANDP. W. JOYCEHer sewing-basket lies beside her on the ground, and while the dog looks after the sheep, she busies herself with her work.
LANDSEERESTELLE M. HURLLIts burrows are large excavations, and in the early autumn it busies itself in storing provisions for its long winter retreat.
BIRDS AND ALL NATURE, VOL. V, NO. 3, MARCH 1899VARIOUSSitting on the ground close to us, he busies himself rolling a cigarette between brown, nicotine-stained fingers.
'NEATH VERDUN, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1914MAURICE GENEVOIX