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  • verbbe busy with
  • verbreside; use
  • verbseize, take over

synonyms for occupy

  • attend
  • employ
  • fill
  • involve
  • take up
  • absorb
  • amuse
  • busy
  • divert
  • engage
  • engross
  • entertain
  • immerse
  • interest
  • monopolize
  • preoccupy
  • soak
  • utilize
  • be active with
  • be concerned with
  • hold attention
  • keep busy
  • tie up
See also synonyms for: occupied / occupier / occupying / reoccupy
On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to occupy, such as: attend, employ, fill, involve, take up, and absorb.

antonyms for occupy

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  • ignore
  • bore
  • forget
  • refuse
  • reject
  • be inactive
  • be lazy
  • idle
  • not use
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How to use occupy in a sentence

It occupies a singular place in American political discourse.
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It occupies 140 acres of woodland and open pasture stretching across a hill that rises behind the museum.
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Pristine Donnell Pond, which covers 1,138 acres and has 15 miles of shoreline, can easily occupy paddlers for the better part of day.
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So I am vigilant and solitary, my guest room occupied by 30-pound boxes of nuts.
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While most hosts will continue to work from home, producers for both stations now occupy the same office space near Nationals Park.
BRIAN MITCHELL AND JP FINLAY WILL CO-HOST SHOW AS PART OF NEW LINEUPS AT 106.7 THE FAN, TEAM 980SCOTT ALLENFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He turned to activism as a student in the late 1950s and early ’60s at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he joined the SDS and initially occupied himself with efforts to bring about greater economic equality in poor communities.
RENNIE DAVIS, ‘CHICAGO SEVEN’ ACTIVIST AND LEADER OF NEW LEFT, DIES AT 80EMILY LANGERFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Despite pandemic, 25 percent of fans say they will go to Super Bowl parties, poll showsOne woman occupied herself most of the day by staring at a small mirror and combing her hair.
HIS TEAM IS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL. HE’S STAYING ON THE CORONAVIRUS FRONT LINES.ADAM KILGOREFEBRUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
To win in today’s zero-click era, it’s become paramount for businesses to occupy more real estate in SERPs and be more visually engaging to search users.
FIVE HACKS TO ENHANCE YOUR ORGANIC CTR AND RANKINGS IN SERPSKARL TABLANTEJANUARY 27, 2021SEARCH ENGINE WATCH
The quarter of Earth’s land now owned, used or occupied by Indigenous communities holds about 80 percent of Earth’s biodiversity.
CAN PEOPLE PROTECT AS MUCH SPACE AS NATURE NEEDS?JONATHAN LAMBERTJANUARY 21, 2021SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
By the 1970s, Wanda and Vision’s house looks eerily similar to the one once occupied by the Brady Bunch.
WANDAVISION OFFERS HOPE THAT ORIGINALITY CAN SURVIVE THE ERA OF THE EVER-EXPANDING FRANCHISEELIANA DOCKTERMANJANUARY 16, 2021TIME
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WORDS RELATED TO OCCUPY

  • break one up
  • charm
  • cheer
  • crack up
  • delight
  • divert
  • fracture
  • gladden
  • grab
  • gratify
  • interest
  • kill
  • knock dead
  • make roll in the aisles
  • occupy
  • panic
  • please
  • put away
  • regale
  • slay
  • tickle
  • wow
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