Word "BUSY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
Synonyms:
engaged, in use
Examples:
her line is busy
kept getting a busy signal

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
Synonyms:
busybodied, interfering, meddlesome, meddling, officious
Examples:
busy about other people's business

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
keep busy with
Synonyms:
occupy

Crossword Clues for BUSY

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Clue Source Date
Occupied (4) Mirror Classic 29 Aug 2025
Not available USA Today 26 Aug 2025
Not free LA Times Daily 16 Aug 2025
Word with 11a, which may be used to refer to someone with a packed schedule
On the go Puzzler Backwords 30 Jul 2025
Unable to hang out LA Times Daily 30 Jul 2025
Heartless Barney keeps you and me fully employed (4)
I Feel Pretty actress ___ Philipps (4)
"Not now, I'm ___"
Active, lively Puzzler Backwords 29 Apr 2025
Overly ornate Newsday 25 Apr 2025
Recent Top 10 hit for Sabrina Carpenter (4,5)
Sabrina Carpenter hit about selective availability, _ Woman (4)
Something you catch at the beginning of the year that makes you continuously engaged (4)
Engaged or occupied (4)
Typical of 15s beside American lodging (4)
Working hard Newsday 24 Mar 2025
"___ as a bee"
Detective having no time to spare (4)
Occupied The Telegraph Quick 11 Mar 2025
On the go Puzzler Backwords 02 Mar 2025
___ as a bee USA Today 17 Feb 2025
Engaged coach at terminus of railway (4) The Guardian Cryptic 13 Jan 2025
Multitasking, perhaps LA Times Daily 08 Jan 2025
On the go Puzzler Backwords 24 Dec 2024
Crowded onto the bus, yapping
Hectic Commuter 07 Dec 2024
Hard at it Wall Street Journal 27 Nov 2024
Actively engaged
Overly adorned LA Times Daily 12 Nov 2024
Occupied Mirror Classic 02 Nov 2024
Active The Telegraph Quick 23 Oct 2024
Policeman gets engaged
Tender UK perennial, - - - - lizzie of the impatiens genus (4)
Occupied with work Universal 20 Jul 2024
Word with 11a, which may be used to refer to someone with a packed schedule
Word with body or work New York Times 30 Jun 2024
On the go Puzzler Backwords 23 Jun 2024
Hard at work Thomas Joseph 19 Jun 2024
Having little free time
Full of activity (4) Puzzler 15 Jun 2024
Fully occupied (4)
Having a lot of things going on
Active, lively Puzzler Backwords 28 Apr 2024
Like one with a full schedule
Lacking free time
Having a lot to do
Not free at the moment
Tied up detective
Swamped Wall Street Journal 06 Dec 2023
Blithe
Kind of signal New York Times 06 Oct 2023
Booked solid Eugene Sheffer 20 Sep 2023
Engaged in an activity The Times Concise 08 Sep 2023
Opposite of plain New York Times 25 Aug 2023
Active The Telegraph Quick 02 Aug 2023
Tied up New York Times 30 Jun 2023
Like one with a full schedule
Occupied The Guardian Speedy 14 May 2023
Hard at work Universal 05 Apr 2023
Otherwise occupied LA Times Daily 10 Mar 2023
Hard at work Newsday 03 Jan 2023
"___ as a bee"
Kind of phone signal that's nearly obsolete New York Times 07 Nov 2022
Kind of phone signal that’s nearly obsolete New York Times 07 Nov 2022
Very active Newsday 23 Oct 2022
___ as a bee
On a tight schedule, say
Unable to hang out right now, say Universal 14 Aug 2022
Occupied USA Today 11 Jun 2022
Tied up New York Times 10 Mar 2022
Unavailable Universal 09 Jan 2022
Like retailers during holiday season LA Times Daily 14 Dec 2021
Active The Telegraph Quick 12 Nov 2021
Bustling USA Today 06 Nov 2021
Tied up USA Today 09 Oct 2021
Occupied with many things New York Times 29 Jun 2021
At it LA Times Daily 14 Apr 2021
At it The Washington Post 14 Apr 2021
Having lots to do The Times Concise 29 Mar 2021
On a tight schedule The Washington Post 31 Jan 2021
On a tight schedule LA Times Daily 31 Jan 2021
Full of activity The Telegraph Quick 28 Dec 2020
Booked solid Eugene Sheffer 12 Dec 2020
Occupied Wall Street Journal 10 Dec 2020
Like a shopping mall on Black Friday, ordinarily Jonesin 08 Dec 2020
Occupied LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2020
Occupied The Washington Post 24 Nov 2020
On the go Premier Sunday 11 Oct 2020
As ___ as a bee
Like one with a full schedule
On a tight schedule, say
Packed New York Times 24 Apr 2020
Rushed off one's feet by us moving Irish Times Crosaire 18 Mar 2020
"___ as a bee"
Occupied Universal 07 Nov 2019
Doing something LA Times Daily 27 Sep 2019
Doing something The Washington Post 27 Sep 2019
Occupied The Telegraph Quick 10 Sep 2019
Occupied Canadiana 26 Aug 2019
Packed with customers USA Today 01 Jun 2019
Serving many customers Universal 27 May 2019
Overly ornate Newsday 23 Feb 2019
Hard at work Thomas Joseph 13 Feb 2019
Fully employed The Sun Two Speed 08 Feb 2019
Occupied public transport takes years The Sun Two Speed 08 Feb 2019
In use, as a phone line Universal 22 Jan 2019
On the go
Doing something
In use, as a phone line
Serving many customers
Packed with customers
On another call New York Times 30 Dec 2018
On the go USA Today 12 Dec 2018
Occupied The Times Concise 02 Sep 2018
In use
Really jumping Newsday 21 Jun 2018
*Snoop The Washington Post 01 Jun 2018
*Snoop LA Times Daily 01 Jun 2018
Times keeping us hard at work
The number 25, maybe, full of passengers?
*Snoop
On another call
Occupied
Tied up in transport yard Irish Times Crosaire 06 Sep 2017
Purchase skirts son is pressing
Fully employed The Times Concise 06 Apr 2017
Unable to get away Newsday 24 Dec 2016
Not at all idle Premier Sunday 11 Sep 2016
Otherwise engaged Newsday 17 Jul 2016
It's engaged setter and solver in past The Telegraph Cryptic 12 Jun 2016
Not at all idle Universal 27 Apr 2016
Active LA Times Daily 11 Nov 2015
Engaged in work Newsday 05 Oct 2015
Ornate New York Times 23 Aug 2015
Like a bee? The Telegraph Quick 17 Jul 2015
Not free Thomas Joseph 16 May 2015
Active Eugene Sheffer 05 Feb 2015
Active
Engaged in work
Occupied
Ornate
Distractingly detailed
An unknown number on transport that's crowded
Like bees or beavers
Tied up, as a phone line
On a tight schedule
Very active
Booked solid
Like a hive
Tied up
Booked solid
At it
Active
At it
Kind of signal
Very active
Packed with activity
Toiling away
Hard at work
Otherwise engaged
Having many irons in the fire
Kind of signal
Soprano comes in to bribe detective
Tied up
Tied up
Like the proverbial beaver
Like the proverbial beaver
Tied up
Not taking calls, perhaps
Not taking calls, perhaps
Doing something
Occupied
Like one with a full schedule
Like one with a full schedule
At it
Occupied
Working class?
In use, as a phone line
Occupied
In use, as a phone line
Unable to take a call, perhaps
Not free
Engaged
Crowded
Crowded
On the go
Like a madras pattern
In use
Occupied
Signal or work starter
Occupied
Tied up
Overly detailed
Tied up
Like a bee
Engaged
Having many irons in the fire
Not free
Possessing a full schedule
Body type?
Not free
Body type?
In use
Like a phone in use
Hard-working
Preoccupied
Quite active
Like a bee
In use, as a phone line
Phone signal
In use
Kind of signal
Toiling away
Like some signals
Not free
Overdecorated
Like a bee
Active
Body or work preceder
Occupied
Like a hive
"10-6," in C.B. lingo
Like some phone lines
At work.
Occupied.
Telephone signal.
Engaged.
Doing something.
On the go.
Active.
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