Synonyms and Antonyms of occupy

synonym (synonym of occupy)

  • (verb.social)
    busy
    keep busy with (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    lodge in, reside
    live (in a certain place) (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    fill
    occupy the whole of (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    concern, interest, worry
    be on the mind of (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.competition)
    invade
    march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    take, use up
    require (time or space) (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    absorb, engage, engross
    consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    fill, take
    assume, as of positions or roles (verb.social)
     

hypernym (occupy IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • assume, as of positions or roles (verb.social)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    interest
    excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of (verb.emotion)
     
  • keep busy with (verb.social)
    work
    exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity (verb.social)
     
  • live (in a certain place) (verb.stative)
    dwell, inhabit, live, populate
    inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of (verb.stative)
     
  • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)
    assail, attack
    launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with (verb.competition)
     
  • occupy the whole of (verb.stative)
    be
    occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere (verb.stative)
     
  • require (time or space) (verb.possession)
    expend, use
    use up, consume fully (verb.consumption)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF occupy relation)

  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    involve
    occupy or engage the interest of (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    consume
    engage fully (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    rivet
    hold (someone's attention) (verb.cognition)
     
  • keep busy with (verb.social)
    potter, putter
    work lightly (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    dabble, play around, smatter
    work with in an amateurish manner (verb.social)
     
  • live (in a certain place) (verb.stative)
    move in
    occupy a place (verb.motion)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    stay at
    reside temporarily (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    squat
    occupy (a dwelling) illegally (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    crash
    occupy, usually uninvited (verb.stative)
     
  • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)
    infest, overrun
    invade in great numbers (verb.motion)
     
  • occupy the whole of (verb.stative)
    crowd
    fill or occupy to the point of overflowing (verb.stative)
     
  • (verb.stative)
    take up
    take up time or space (verb.stative)
     
  • require (time or space) (verb.possession)
    be
    spend or use time (verb.possession)
     

verb group (occupy is verb group of ....)

derivation (.... is derived from occupy)

  • be on the mind of (verb.stative)
    interest, involvement
    a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    concern, headache, vexation, worry
    something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.feeling)
    care, concern, fear
    an anxious feeling (noun.feeling)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    occupation
    any activity that occupies a person's attention (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    engrossment, intentness
    the quality of being intent and concentrated (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation
    the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion
    complete attention; intense mental effort (noun.cognition)
     
  • live (in a certain place) (verb.stative)
    moving in, occupancy, occupation
    the act of occupying or taking possession of a building (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    abidance, residence, residency
    the act of dwelling in a place (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    occupancy, tenancy
    an act of being a tenant or occupant (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    occupant, occupier, resident
    someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    resident
    living in a particular place (adj.all)
     
  • march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation (verb.competition)
    invasion
    the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    military control, occupation
    the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    encroacher, invader
    someone who enters by force in order to conquer (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    occupier
    a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    incursive, invading, invasive
    involving invasion or aggressive attack (adj.all)
     
synonym hypernym hyponym verb group derivation busy lodge in fill concern invade interest assail expend use do work work involve consume rivet infest be consume deplete eat eat up assume strike business job occupation engrossment absorption preoccupancy
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