Synonyms for engaged
ɛnˈgeɪdʒden·gaged

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1. engagedadjective

   Agreed to be married.

   Synonyms:
   busy

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1. engaged

   Industrious signifies zealously or habitually applying oneself to any work or business. Busy applies to an activity which may be temporary, industrious to a habit of life. We say a man is busy just now; that is, occupied at the moment with something that takes his full attention. It would be ridiculous or satirical to say, he is industrious just now. But busy can be used in the sense of industrious, as when we say he is a busy man. Diligent indicates also a disposition, which is ordinarily habitual, and suggests more of heartiness and volition than industrious. We say one is a diligent, rather than an industrious, reader of the Bible. In the use of the nouns, we speak of plodding industry, but not of plodding diligence. Compare ACTIVE; INDUSTRY.

   See synonyms for IDLE.

   Synonyms:
   active, assiduous, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, sedulous

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1. engaged

   Synonyms:
   occupied, employed, selected, intent, chosen, affianced, betrothed

   Antonyms:
   free, unemployed, disengaged, unaffianced

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1. engaged, occupiedadjective

   having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

   "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

   Synonyms:
   occupied, in use(p), intermeshed, set-aside(p), booked, meshed, busy, tenanted

   Antonyms:
   idle, unemployed, unreserved, uninvolved, unoccupied, ungeared, unconnected

2. engagedadjective

   involved in military hostilities

   "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   unoccupied, idle, unconnected, unemployed, uninvolved, unreserved, ungeared

3. booked, engaged, set-aside(p)adjective

   reserved in advance

   Antonyms:
   unoccupied, unreserved, unemployed, unconnected, ungeared, uninvolved, idle

4. busy, engaged, in use(p)adjective

   (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

   "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"

   Antonyms:
   ungeared, unconnected, unreserved, unoccupied, idle, uninvolved, unemployed

5. engaged, meshed, intermeshedadjective

   (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

   "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

   Synonyms:
   occupied, in use(p), intermeshed, set-aside(p), enmeshed, booked, meshed, busy

   Antonyms:
   uninvolved, unoccupied, idle, unreserved, unconnected, unemployed, ungeared

6. engagedadjective

   having services contracted for

   "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   unemployed, ungeared, unreserved, unoccupied, unconnected, uninvolved, idle

7. engagedadjective

   built against or attached to a wall

   "engaged columns"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   idle, uninvolved, ungeared, unconnected, unemployed, unreserved, unoccupied

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1. engagedadjective

   Synonyms:
   occupied, employed, engrossed, affianced, betrothed

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1. List of paraphrases for "engaged":

   committed, involved, fiancée, incurred, hired, participated, recruited, dedicated, betrothed, devoted, undertaken, initiated, contracted, employed, clashed, participant, embarked, bride

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1. List of known nicknames for "Engaged":

   ENGAGED

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1. Cassandra Hatton:

   This manuscript dates from the time when Turing was engaged in the crucial task of breaking the Enigma Code, its mathematical content gives an extraordinary insight into the working mind of one of the greatest luminaries of the 20th Century.

2. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir:

   Now we have one less problem for the time being to deal with, with regards to Iran, we can now focus more intensely on the nefarious activities that Iran is engaged in in the region.

3. Rick Perry:

   And as I recall the conversation, he said, 'Look, the President is really concerned that there are people in Ukraine that tried to beat him during this presidential election,' 'He thinks they're corrupt and ... that there are still people over there engaged that are absolutely corrupt.'.

4. Phil Kerpen:

   They were very engaged.

5. Abraham Lincoln:

   Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.