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Main Entry:
engaged [en-geyjd]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: promised to be married
Synonyms: affianced, asked for, betrothed, bound, committed, contracted, future, given one's word, going steady, hooked, intended, matched, pinned, pledged, plighted, ringed, spoken for, steady
Antonyms: available, uninvolved
Main Entry: absorbed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being completely occupied mentally
Synonyms: captivated, consumed, deep in thought, engaged, engrossed, fascinated, fixed, gone*, head over heels, held, immersed, intent, involved, lost, preoccupied, rapt, really into, up to here, wrapped up
Antonyms: bored, disinterested, distracted, indifferent, uninterested
Main Entry: active
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: very involved in activity
Synonyms: aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous
Notes: active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads
Antonyms: disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet
Main Entry: busy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: engaged, at work
Synonyms: active, already taken, assiduous, at it, buried, diligent, employed, engaged, engrossed, having a full plate, having enough on one's plate, having fish to fry, having many irons in the fire, hustling, in a meeting, in conference, in someone else's possession, in the field, in the laboratory, industrious, occupied, on assignment, on duty, on the go, overloaded, persevering, slaving, snowed, swamped, tied up, unavailable, up to one's ears, with a customer, working
Antonyms: idle, quiet, unbusy, unemployed, unengaged
Main Entry: deep
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: absorbed, engrossed in activity
Synonyms: abstracted, centered, concentrated, enfolded, engaged, fixed, focused, immersed, intent, into, lost, musing, preoccupied, rapt, set, wrapped, wrapped up
Antonyms: flighty, superficial
Main Entry: employed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: working
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, selected, signed
Antonyms: idle, inactive, unemployed, unengaged, unoccupied
Main Entry: engrossed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: preoccupied; attentive to
Synonyms: absorbed, all wound up, assiduous, bugged, busy, captivated, caught up, caught up in, consumed, deep, diligent, engaged, enthralled, fascinated, fiend for, gone*, gripped, head over heels, heavily into, hooked, hung up, immersed, industrious, intent, into*, intrigued, lost, monopolized, occupied, rapt, really into, riveted, sedulous, submerged, taken up with, tied up, turned on, up to here in, wrapped up
Antonyms: bored, disenthralled, disinterested, ignoring, inattentive, oblivious, uncaring, uninterested, unoccupied
Main Entry: immersed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: deeply involved with
Synonyms: absorbed, bound-up, buried, busy, consumed, deep, eat sleep and breathe, engaged, engrossed, intent, into*, mesmerized, occupied, preoccupied, rapt, spellbound, taken up, tied up, turned on, wrapped up
Antonyms: ignorant, neglectful, negligent
Main Entry: intent
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determined, resolute
Synonyms: absorbed, alert, attending, attentive, bent, bound, committed, concentrated, concentrating, decided, decisive, deep, eager, earnest, engaged, engrossed, enthusiastic, firm, fixed, hell-bent, immersed, industrious, intense, minding, occupied, piercing, preoccupied, rapt, resolved, riveted, set, settled, steadfast, steady, watchful, watching, wrapped up
Notes: intent implies a sustained unbroken commitment or purpose, while intention would imply an intermittent resolution or an initial aim or plan
Antonyms: distracted, irresolute
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