at it

ADJECTIVE

busy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active unavailable working

STRONG

buried employed engaged engrossed hustling occupied overloaded persevering slaving snowed swamped

WEAK

already taken assiduous diligent having a full plate having enough on one's plate having fish to fry having many irons in the fire in a meeting in conference in someone else's possession in the field in the laboratory industrious on assignment on duty on the go tied-up up to one's ears with a customer

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idle

STRONG

inactive unoccupied

WEAK

lazy quiet unbusy unemployed unengaged

ADJECTIVE

employed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

engaged hired occupied

STRONG

busy inked laboring operating selected signed

WEAK

active at work in a job in collar in harness in place on board on duty on the job on the payroll plugging away

Antonyms

WEAK

idle inactive unemployed unengaged unoccupied

ADJECTIVE

jobholding

Synonyms

WEAK

active at work busy engaged hired in a job in collar in harness in place inked laboring occupied on board on duty on the job on the payroll operating plugging away retained selected signed working

Example Sentences

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He’s been plumbing those emotional depths in his songs for nearly 26 years across seven critically acclaimed solo albums, and he’s back at it with his latest — and finest: “Never Be the Same.”

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

Once you look at it, it’s incredibly pro-competitive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

"The supermarkets say it isn't, the consumers say it isn't, so let's go and get an independent look at it."

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

GDI arrives at it by adding up income paid to workers, businesses, and others.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

From the way she was staring at it, you would’ve thought that she’d never seen it before.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

at it

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