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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed, fascinated |
| Synonyms: | absent, absent-minded, abstracted, beguiled, bewitched, blissful, busy, captivated, carried away, caught up in, charmed, daydreaming, deep*, delighted, dreaming, ecstatic, employed, enamored, engaged, engrossed, enraptured, enthralled, entranced, gripped, happy, held, hung up, hypnotized, immersed, inattentive, intent, involved, lost, oblivious, occupied, overwhelmed, preoccupied, rapturous, ravished, spellbound, taken, transported, unconscious, wrapped, wrapped up |
| Notes: | rapt means deeply moved or wholly absorbed as in thought; wrapped means enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like |
| Antonyms: | disenchanted, repulsed, turned off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, at the helm, authoritative, bonded, bound, bound to, carrying the load, censurable, chargeable, compelled, constrained, contracted, culpable, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, engaged, executive, exposed, fettered, guilty, hampered, held, high, important, in authority, in control, incumbent, liable, minding the store, obligated, obliged, on the hook, open, pledged, subject, susceptive, sworn to, tied, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | working |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, occupied |
| Synonyms: | alive, busy, dynamic, effective, employed, engaged, functioning, going, hot*, in a job, in force, in full swing, in gear, in process, laboring, live, moving, on fire, on the job, on track, operative, practical, running, useful, viable |
| Antonyms: | idle, inoperative, passive, unoccupied, unworking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | booked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scheduled |
| Synonyms: | billed, contracted, engaged, lined up, locked in, reserved, slated |
| Main Entry: | caught up (in) |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | involved |
| Synonyms: | absorbed, attentive, engaged, engrossed, lost, rapt |
| Main Entry: | enlisted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recruited |
| Synonyms: | commissioned, drafted, engaged, enrolled, entered, inducted, joined, lined up, registered, signed up, volunteered |
| Main Entry: | knotted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tied |
| Synonyms: | banded, bent, braided, bunched, clinched, clumped, clustered, coiled, engaged, entangled, fastened, gnarled, hitched, intertwined, knotty, lashed, lassoed, linked, looped, meshed, perplexed, seized, snagged, snarled, spliced, tangled, twisted, warped, whirled |
| Antonyms: | free, loose, separate |
| Main Entry: | retained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | employed |
| Synonyms: | chosen, contracted, engaged, hired, secured, selected |
| Antonyms: | disengaged, let go, unemployed |
| Main Entry: | jobholding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | employed |
| Synonyms: | active, at it, 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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