OCCUPIES Synonyms

• think moodily or anxiously about something

• originate (in)

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• exist or be situated within

• come back to

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• be present in

• exist or be situated within

• actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing

• exerting force or containing energy

• possessing life

• not recorded

• highly reverberant

• charged with an explosive

• elastic; rebounds readily

• abounding with life and energy

• in current use or ready for use

• of current relevance

• charged or energized with electricity

• capable of erupting

• be an inhabitant of or reside in

• lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

• continue to live and avoid dying

• support oneself

• have life, be alive

• have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations

• pursue a positive and satisfying existence

• make one's home in a particular place or community

• live (in a certain place)

• be inherent or innate in

• a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest)

• spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily

• actively or fully engaged or occupied

• overcrowded or cluttered with detail

• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

• crowded with or characterized by much activity

• (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)

• keep busy with

• a quantity sufficient to satisfy

• any material that fills a space or container

• make full, also in a metaphorical sense

• become full

• occupy the whole of

• assume, as of positions or roles

• fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction

• appoint someone to (a position or a job)

• eat until one is sated

• fill to satisfaction

• plug with a substance

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

• carry out

• require (time or space)

• take somebody somewhere

• get into one's hands, take physically

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

• take into one's possession

• travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route

• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

• receive willingly something given or offered

• assume, as of positions or roles

• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes

• require as useful, just, or proper

• experience or feel or submit to

• make a film or photograph of something

• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• accept or undergo, often unwillingly

• make use of or accept for some purpose

• conquer by force

• occupy or take on

• admit into a group or community

• ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial

• be a student of a certain subject

• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

• head into a specified direction

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• be seized or affected in a specified way

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• engage for service under a term of contract

• receive or obtain regularly

• buy, select

• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort

• have sex with; archaic use

• lay claim to; as of an idea

• be designed to hold or take

• be capable of holding or containing

• develop a habit

• proceed along in a vehicle

• obtain by winning

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• become imbued

• take up mentally

• take up, as of debts or payments

• take in, also metaphorically

• cause to become one with

• suck or take up or in

• devote (oneself) fully to

• assimilate or take in

• consume all of one's attention or time

• something that interests you because it is important or affects you

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

• be relevant to

• be on the mind of

• the state of being employed or having a job

• put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose

• engage or hire for work

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

• consume all of one's attention or time

• engage or hire for work

• ask to represent; of legal counsel

• give to in marriage

• get caught

• carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

• hire for work or assistance

• engage for service under a term of contract

• keep engaged

• devote (oneself) fully to

• consume all of one's attention or time

• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

• a reason for wanting something done

• the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)

• a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed

• (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something

• (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims

• a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

• excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

• be on the mind of

• be of importance or consequence

• march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

• to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate

• occupy in large numbers or live on a host

• penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way

• make one's home in a particular place or community

• live (in a certain place)

• be inherent or innate in

• something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

• a strong feeling of anxiety

• be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

• be concerned with

• disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress

• be on the mind of

• lacerate by biting

• touch or rub constantly

• live (in a certain place)

• have sexual intercourse with