in a meeting

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous at it diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

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Top US and China economic officials met in Paris for talks over the wekend, in a meeting widely seen as setting the stage for Trump's visit.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

King Charles has "expressed his concern" over the Alberta separatist movement in a meeting with Indigenous leaders at Buckingham Palace, according to a delegation of First Nations chiefs that travelled to London.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to use the government’s leverage in a meeting with CEO Dario Amodei at the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Start with established employees doing it—asking for clarity over jargon in a meeting is a good place to start.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Once in a meeting at Convent, the counselor asked Gramps if he talked about my mother with me.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour

in a meeting

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