1. (verb)busy, occupy keep busy with Synonyms: take, invade, reside, occupy, engage, lodge in, concern, worry, use up, engross, busy, interest, fill, absorb
2. (verb)occupy, reside, lodge in live (in a certain place) Synonyms: lodge in, invade, occupy, domicile, engross, shack, rest, repose, worry, absorb, engage, busy, concern, fill, reside, interest, take, domiciliate, use up
3. (verb)occupy, fill occupy the whole of Synonyms: lodge in, invade, fulfill, occupy, satisfy, replete, engross, make full, fulfil, meet, worry, satiate, absorb, engage, busy, concern, fill up, fill, reside, interest, take, sate, use up
4. (verb)concern, interest, occupy, worry be on the mind of Synonyms: lodge in, invade, occupy, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, worry, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concern
5. (verb)invade, occupy march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation Synonyms: lodge in, invade, occupy, encroach upon, engross, obtrude upon, intrude on, busy, worry, absorb, engage, reside, concern, overrun, fill, infest, interest, take, use up
6. (verb)take, occupy, use up require (time or space) Synonyms: require, invade, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, busy, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, absorb, necessitate, consume, drive, hire, wipe out, consider, need, rent, run through, pick out, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, exhaust, lease, take aim, deplete, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, concern, eat up, claim, read, get, worry, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, engross, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, interest, shoot, aim, direct, charter, eat, contain, lodge in, subscribe, reside, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct
7. (verb)absorb, engross, engage, occupy consume all of one's attention or time Synonyms: take in, suck up, affiance, enlist, plight, engross, use up, prosecute, lock, hire, soak up, take, worry, suck, employ, lodge in, fill, take over, invade, steep, concern, pursue, betroth, busy, sop up, lease, charter, imbibe, plunge, mesh, wage, reside, rent, interest, draw, assimilate, absorb, occupy, ingest, immerse, engulf, take up, operate, engage
8. (verb)fill, take, occupy assume, as of positions or roles Synonyms: require, read, occupy, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, busy, hold, choose, fulfill, study, learn, fill, absorb, necessitate, consume, drive, fill up, consider, need, rent, pick out, sate, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, lease, take aim, invade, meet, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, concern, make, claim, satisfy, get, worry, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, engross, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, interest, fulfil, shoot, aim, direct, charter, make full, contain, replete, lodge in, subscribe, reside, satiate, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, hire, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'occupy'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. occupy To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which e Synonyms: entertain, amuse, cheer, disport, enliven, interest, please, beguile, delight, divert, gratify, occupy, recreate Antonyms: annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary
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