Synonyms for preoccupied
priˈɒk yəˌpaɪdpre·oc·cu·pied

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1. preoccupied

   As regards mental action, absorbed, abstracted, and preoccupied refer to the cause, absent or absent-minded to the effect. The man absorbed in one thing will appear absent in others. A preoccupied person may seem listless and thoughtless, but the really listless and thoughtless have not mental energy to be preoccupied. The absent-minded man is oblivious of ordinary matters, because his thoughts are elsewhere. One who is preoccupied is intensely busy in thought; one may be absent-minded either through intense concentration or simply through inattention, with fitful and aimless wandering of thought. Compare ABSTRACT.

   Synonyms:
   absent, absent-minded, absorbed, abstracted, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, listless, negligent, oblivious, thoughtless

   Antonyms:
   alert, attentive, on hand, prompt, ready, thoughtful, wide-awake

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1. bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupiedadjective

   deeply absorbed in thought

   "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"

   Antonyms:
   unconcerned, thoughtless

2. haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)adjective

   having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

   "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman"

   Antonyms:
   thoughtless, unconcerned

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1. preoccupiedadjective

   Synonyms:
   inattentive, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study

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1. List of paraphrases for "preoccupied":

   concerned, fascinated, worried, disturbed

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1. The Foreign Ministry:

   This did not happen even during the Cold War, but today, influential forces in the USA, preoccupied with trying to pressure Russia hard, do not stop at anything...They are trying to fence off Americans from Russians with a visa wall, as we've said before, making trips of our citizens to the USA practically impossible.

2. Lawrence K. Frank:

   We are living the events which for centuries to come will be minutely studied by scholars who will undoubtedly describe these days as probably the most exciting and creative in the history of mankind. But preoccupied with our daily chores, our worries and personal hopes and ambitions, few of us are actually living in the present.

3. Neil Mellor:

   My concern is - and this is something possibly the market has thought about - that we've got preoccupied with the election but there is still a lot of uncertainty post-election.

4. Christian Strenger:

   The top brass at VW group and Audi are so preoccupied with the diesel issue that the company's management is lastingly distracted.

5. Joseph McClernon:

   To the extent that smoking or other drug use alters how this system functions normally can have impacts on behavior that increase the likelihood that one continues to use drugs or has difficulty in quitting drug use, dopamine regulation of motivation for instance, is likely involved in the tendency of drug users to be overly preoccupied with drug use.