Synonyms for preoccupy
- consume
- engross
- assimilate
- comprehend
- digest
- follow
- get
- grasp
- immerse
- incorporate
- learn
- monopolize
- sense
- understand
- get into
- latch onto
- soak up
- take in
Antonyms for preoccupy
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PREOCCUPY
To preoccupy this ground, therefore, seemed an important step.
And certainly he had enough to excite and preoccupy him just now.
We should forget our successes if they cause pride or preoccupy the mind.
Other friends would come in and preoccupy her mind and heart.
We should not preoccupy the audience with our own personality.
A wise woman would not have brought Irene Lauderdale down here, to preoccupy her.
He refers, for proof of his statements, mostly to English documents, and does not try to preoccupy your mind.
The Government should preoccupy itself largely with this matter of assimilation: for the process is not complete.
She expostulated earnestly with him on the folly of allowing money cares and ambitions to preoccupy him.
This emotional fuss in the young human animal was beginning to preoccupy the newspaper world.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PREOCCUPY
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consumed
verbuse up- absorb
- apply
- avail oneself of
- deplete
- devour
- dissipate
- dominate
- drain
- drivel
- eat up
- employ
- engross
- exhaust
- expend
- finish
- finish up
- fritter away
- frivol away
- go
- go through
- have recourse to
- lavish
- lessen
- monopolize
- obsess
- preoccupy
- profit by
- put away
- put to use
- run out of
- run through
- spend
- squander
- throw away
- trifle
- utilize
- vanish
- wash up
- waste
- wear out
engage
verboccupy oneself; engross- absorb
- allure
- arrest
- bewitch
- busy
- captivate
- catch
- charm
- draw
- embark on
- employ
- enamor
- enchant
- enter into
- enthrall
- fascinate
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for broke
- go in for
- go out for
- grip
- have a fling at
- have a go at
- have a shot at
- imbue
- immerse
- interest
- involve
- join
- keep busy
- monopolize
- partake
- participate
- pitch in
- practice
- preengage
- preoccupy
- set about
- soak
- tackle
- take part
- tie up
- try on for size
- undertake
engages
verboccupy oneself; engross- absorb
- allure
- arrest
- bewitch
- busy
- captivate
- catch
- charm
- draw
- embark on
- employ
- enamor
- enchant
- enter into
- enthrall
- fascinate
- give a try
- give a whirl
- go for broke
- go in for
- go out for
- grip
- have a fling at
- have a go at
- have a shot at
- imbue
- immerse
- interest
- involve
- join
- keep busy
- monopolize
- partake
- participate
- pitch in
- practice
- preengage
- preoccupy
- set about
- soak
- tackle
- take part
- tie up
- try on for size
- undertake