Occupy [verb]

Definition of Occupy:

be busy with

Synonyms of Occupy:

● Employ

● Involve

● Take up

● Attend

● Fill

● Busy

● Immerse

● Entertain

● Absorb

● Amuse

● Utilize

● Preoccupy

● Engross

● Engage

● Interest

● Soak

● Monopolize

● Divert

● Tie up

● Be active with

● Be concerned with

● Hold attention

● Keep busy


Opposite/Antonyms of Occupy:

● Yield

● Not use

● Idle

● Be lazy

● Be inactive

● Upset

● Forget

● Bore

● Surrender

● Anger

● Eject

● Reject

● Refuse

● Tire

● Dry

● Ignore


Sentence/Example of Occupy:

He decided, too, that he could think better with something mechanical to occupy his hands.

He tried to recall some forgotten detail of the business that might serve to occupy him.

If this were not so, we should not occupy our present position in the world.

So brief a time did all this occupy that Maulo, looking back, saw them.

I had many things to occupy my mind, besides my regular tasks.

There was absolutely nothing he could discover to occupy his mind.

It was permitted them to occupy a bench outside the station.

But, beyond this, Hetty did not occupy her thoughts with Dr. Eben.

And so he began to visit Rome in order to occupy his leisure.

They are not to occupy us in our dealings with our brethren.