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pre-occupied
adjective as in inattentive
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- absent
- absentminded
- blind
- distrait
- diverted
- dreamy
- faraway
- heedless
- inadvertent
- inobservant
- listless
- lost
- musing
- neglectful
- off-guard
- out to lunch
- preoccupied
- rapt
- regardless
- remiss
- removed
- scatterbrained
- thoughtless
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unobserving
- unperceiving
- unthinking
- unwatchful
- vague
adjective as in intent
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adjective as in absent-minded
Weak matches
- absent
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- bemused
- careless
- distracted
- distrait
- dreaming
- dreamy
- engrossed
- faraway
- forgetful
- goofing off
- head in the clouds
- heedless
- inattentive
- inconscient
- lost
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- out to lunch
- pipe dreaming
- preoccupied
- remote
- removed
- scatterbrained
- space cadet
- spacey
- unaware of events
- unconscious
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unthinking
- withdrawn
- woolgathering
adjective as in lost
adjective as in absorbed
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adjective as in oblivious
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Weak matches
- absent
- absentminded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- amnesic
- blundering
- careless
- disregardful
- distracted
- dreamy
- forgetful
- forgetting
- gone
- heedless
- incognizant
- inconversant
- insensible
- neglectful
- negligent
- not all there
- out to lunch
- overlooking
- preoccupied
- regardless
- spacey
- strung-out
- unacquainted
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- uninstructed
- unknowing
- unmindful
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unrecognizing
- unwitting
- zonked
adjective as in obsessed
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adjective as in attentive
adjective as in pensive
adjective as in preoccupied
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adjective as in rapt
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Weak matches
- absent
- absent-minded
- abstracted
- beguiled
- bewitched
- blissful
- busy
- captivated
- carried away
- caught up in
- charmed
- daydreaming
- deep
- dreaming
- employed
- enamored
- engaged
- engrossed
- enraptured
- entranced
- gripped
- happy
- held
- hung up
- hypnotized
- immersed
- intent
- involved
- lost
- oblivious
- occupied
- overwhelmed
- preoccupied
- ravished
- taken
- transported
- unconscious
- wrapped
- wrapped-up
adjective as in thoughtful
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adjective as in distracted
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Strong match
adjective as in hung up
adjective as in absentminded
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adjective as in bemused
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in distrait
adjective as in moony
Weak matches
- abstracted
- astral
- calming
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- excellent
- fanciful
- fantastic
- gentle
- idealistic
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
- marvelous
- misty
- musing
- mythical
- nightmarish
- otherworldly
- out of this world
- pensive
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
- quixotic
- relaxing
- shadowy
- soothing
- speculative
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- whimsical
- woolgathering
adjective as in ruminative
Weak matches
- absorbed
- analytical
- attentive
- brainy
- calculating
- cerebral
- cogitative
- contemplative
- deep
- deliberative
- discerning
- earnest
- engrossed
- excogitative
- farsighted
- grave
- in a brown study
- intellectual
- intent
- keen
- levelheaded
- logical
- lost in thought
- meditative
- melancholy
- museful
- musing
- pensive
- philosophic
- pondering
- preoccupied
- rapt
- rational
- reasonable
- reasoning
- reflecting
- reflective
- retrospective
- serious
- sober
- speculative
- studious
- subjective
- thinking
- wise
- wistful
adjective as in deep
adjective as in dreamy
adjective as in engaged
adjective as in faraway
adjective as in forgetful
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in immersed
verb as in involve
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Strong matches
verb as in absorb
verb as in occupy
verb as in forestall
Strong matches
verb as in preoccupy
Weak matches
verb as in consume
verb as in engage
Strong matches
verb as in engross
verb as in enthrall
verb as in exercise
adjective as in inattentive
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- absent
- absentminded
- blind
- distrait
- diverted
- dreamy
- faraway
- heedless
- inadvertent
- inobservant
- listless
- lost
- musing
- neglectful
- off-guard
- out to lunch
- preoccupied
- rapt
- regardless
- remiss
- removed
- scatterbrained
- thoughtless
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unobserving
- unperceiving
- unthinking
- unwatchful
- vague
adjective as in intent
Strongest matches
adjective as in absent-minded
Weak matches
- absent
- absorbed
- abstracted
- airheaded
- bemused
- careless
- distracted
- distrait
- dreaming
- dreamy
- engrossed
- faraway
- forgetful
- goofing off
- head in the clouds
- heedless
- inattentive
- inconscient
- lost
- mooning
- moony
- oblivious
- out to lunch
- pipe dreaming
- preoccupied
- remote
- removed
- scatterbrained
- space cadet
- spacey
- unaware of events
- unconscious
- unheeding
- unmindful
- unobservant
- unthinking
- withdrawn
- woolgathering
adjective as in lost
adjective as in absorbed
Strongest matches
adjective as in oblivious
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- absent
- absentminded
- absorbed
- abstracted
- amnesic
- blundering
- careless
- disregardful
- distracted
- dreamy
- forgetful
- forgetting
- gone
- heedless
- incognizant
- inconversant
- insensible
- neglectful
- negligent
- not all there
- out to lunch
- overlooking
- preoccupied
- regardless
- spacey
- strung-out
- unacquainted
- unconscious
- undiscerning
- uninstructed
- unknowing
- unmindful
- unnoticing
- unobservant
- unrecognizing
- unwitting
- zonked
adjective as in obsessed
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in attentive
adjective as in pensive
adjective as in preoccupied
Strongest matches
adjective as in rapt
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- absent
- absent-minded
- abstracted
- beguiled
- bewitched
- blissful
- busy
- captivated
- carried away
- caught up in
- charmed
- daydreaming
- deep
- dreaming
- employed
- enamored
- engaged
- engrossed
- enraptured
- entranced
- gripped
- happy
- held
- hung up
- hypnotized
- immersed
- intent
- involved
- lost
- oblivious
- occupied
- overwhelmed
- preoccupied
- ravished
- taken
- transported
- unconscious
- wrapped
- wrapped-up
adjective as in thoughtful
Strongest matches
adjective as in distracted
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in hung up
adjective as in absentminded
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in bemused
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
adjective as in distrait
adjective as in moony
Weak matches
- abstracted
- astral
- calming
- chimerical
- daydreaming
- excellent
- fanciful
- fantastic
- gentle
- idealistic
- imaginary
- immaterial
- impractical
- intangible
- introspective
- introvertive
- lulling
- marvelous
- misty
- musing
- mythical
- nightmarish
- otherworldly
- out of this world
- pensive
- phantasmagoric
- phantasmagorical
- preoccupied
- quixotic
- relaxing
- shadowy
- soothing
- speculative
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- utopian
- vague
- visionary
- whimsical
- woolgathering
adjective as in ruminative
Weak matches
- absorbed
- analytical
- attentive
- brainy
- calculating
- cerebral
- cogitative
- contemplative
- deep
- deliberative
- discerning
- earnest
- engrossed
- excogitative
- farsighted
- grave
- in a brown study
- intellectual
- intent
- keen
- levelheaded
- logical
- lost in thought
- meditative
- melancholy
- museful
- musing
- pensive
- philosophic
- pondering
- preoccupied
- rapt
- rational
- reasonable
- reasoning
- reflecting
- reflective
- retrospective
- serious
- sober
- speculative
- studious
- subjective
- thinking
- wise
- wistful
adjective as in deep
adjective as in dreamy
adjective as in engaged
adjective as in faraway
adjective as in forgetful
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in immersed
verb as in involve
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in absorb
verb as in occupy
verb as in forestall
Strong matches
verb as in preoccupy
Weak matches
verb as in consume
verb as in engage
Strong matches
verb as in engross
verb as in enthrall
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Example Sentences
Dixon would have put the chain on before she opened it, but Margaret had not a thought of fear in her pre-occupied mind.
The very mention of his name renewed her trouble, and produced a relapse into the feeling of depressed, pre-occupied exhaustion.
There were many things that pre-occupied the minds of Alice and her father as they were driving home.
It required no power of divination for even the pre-occupied schoolmaster to guess the nature of their errand.
Nevertheless the young man was pre-occupied, anxious, and hungry.
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On this page you'll find 1236 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to pre-occupied, such as: apathetic, bored, careless, distracted, distraught, and indifferent.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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