on assignment

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 a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious 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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on assignment

In March, she was paid by a staffing agency to post a TikTok highlighting her trips to New York City and various beach locales while on assignment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026

Cameroonian police this week arrested four journalists—including three on assignment for the Associated Press, an American news agency—who entered the compound to interview the migrants, according to the AP and their lawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

I was on assignment for Vanity Fair to cover the election night party at the Brooklyn Paramount.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2025

The company has said it is suspending most business trips to the US and directing employees on assignment in the US to return home immediately.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025

I was on assignment, a member of the working press, with my notepad in hand and the Minolta around my neck.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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