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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It is worth checking in and updating on occasionally, because it is shaping what you see whether you look at it or not.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

This person, and many others, hear the name Erewhon and assume I’m poking fun at it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

It’s as if Man Cereal wants us to laugh at it.

From Salon • May 23, 2026

For Graham, this "is a story of real hope, where something was not working, men were struggling, they looked at it, they fixed it, it improved, and we all felt better about it."

From BBC • May 18, 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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