OCCUPIED
Dictionary entry overview: What does occupied mean?
• OCCUPIED (adjective)
The adjective OCCUPIED has 4 senses:
1. held or filled or in use
2. seized and controlled as by military invasion
3. resided in; having tenants
4. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
Familiarity information: OCCUPIED used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• OCCUPIED (adjective)
Meaning:
Held or filled or in use
Context examples:
she keeps her time well occupied / the wc is occupied
Similar:
busy; engaged; in use ((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))
filled ((of time) taken up)
Antonym:
unoccupied (not held or filled or in use)
Meaning:
Seized and controlled as by military invasion
Context example:
the occupied countries of Europe
Antonym:
unoccupied (not seized and controlled)
Meaning:
Resided in; having tenants
Synonyms:
tenanted; occupied
Context example:
not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up
Similar:
inhabited (having inhabitants; lived in)
Meaning:
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
Synonyms:
engaged; occupied
Context examples:
she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities / deeply engaged in conversation
Similar:
busy (actively or fully engaged or occupied)
