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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Cardellini: When I first started, I wondered if I would ever make a living at it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Mr. Pelley was still at it this weekend, expanding his weird homicide analogy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 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

That’s actually not a lot of speechifying if you look at it proportionally.

From Salon • May 28, 2026

I scowled as I dropped the slab of meat on the board and began sawing at it with a cleaver.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu