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busier

/ˈbɪziə/US/ˈbɪziɚ/

busier is the comparative form of busy.

Meaning of busy

Adjective

busy (comparative busier, superlative busiest)

  1. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
    • Be careful crossing that busy street.
    Synonyms:
    heavy, bustling
  2. Engaged with or preoccupied by an activity or person.
    • The director cannot see you now: he's busy.
  3. Having much work to do; having much to get done.
    • Near-synonym: swamped
    Synonyms:
    swamped
  4. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
    • Flowers, stripes, and checks in the same fabric make for a busy pattern.
  5. Officious; meddling.
    • I will be hanged if some eternal villain,
      Some busy and insinuating rogue,
      Some cogging, cozening slave, to get some office,
      Have not devised this slander; I'll be hanged else.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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Questions about busier

What is busier the comparative form of?
Busier is the comparative form of busy.
How do you pronounce busier?
Busier is pronounced /ˈbɪziə/ (UK).

Words near busier in the dictionary

  1. Busick
  2. Busicks
  3. busie
  4. busied
  5. busied around
  6. busier
  7. busies
  8. busies around
  9. busiest
  10. busieth
  11. busification

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