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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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They’re more looking at it, like, ‘How am I going to be happy the rest of my life?’

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“Last year his defense needed to get better, he worked at it and has been playing an amazing third base. He definitely has a big-time arm.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

He worked at it through months of frustration, but one evening, while his wife enjoyed a bridge game with friends, he drove back over to the Labs and tried a different approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

In my testing, it unblocked everything I threw at it.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Tansy opened the Webster in front of Little Britches, who gazed down at it like a small owl.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.