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busy adj.
employed adj.
jobholding adj.

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

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But then as I started looking at it, I did want to have Rasco and Planet Asia, because those are the first rappers that I worked with on the label.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Put a fried egg on top while you’re at it.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

"Because you only do it with your family and if you're better than your brother or dad, you think you're good at it," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“I don’t personally look at it as a pro-vaccine or an antivaccine debate,” said Diamantoni, a practicing family medicine doctor who said he strongly recommends vaccines to his patients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I don’t want to seem rude or ungrateful though, so I sip at it.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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