Synonyms for engaged
ɛnˈgeɪdʒden·gaged

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1. engagedadjective

   Agreed to be married.

   Synonyms:
   busy

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1. engaged

   Industrious signifies zealously or habitually applying oneself to any work or business. Busy applies to an activity which may be temporary, industrious to a habit of life. We say a man is busy just now; that is, occupied at the moment with something that takes his full attention. It would be ridiculous or satirical to say, he is industrious just now. But busy can be used in the sense of industrious, as when we say he is a busy man. Diligent indicates also a disposition, which is ordinarily habitual, and suggests more of heartiness and volition than industrious. We say one is a diligent, rather than an industrious, reader of the Bible. In the use of the nouns, we speak of plodding industry, but not of plodding diligence. Compare ACTIVE; INDUSTRY.

   See synonyms for IDLE.

   Synonyms:
   active, assiduous, busy, diligent, employed, industrious, occupied, sedulous

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1. engaged

   Synonyms:
   occupied, employed, selected, intent, chosen, affianced, betrothed

   Antonyms:
   free, unemployed, disengaged, unaffianced

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1. engaged, occupiedadjective

   having ones attention or mind or energy engaged

   "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"

   Synonyms:
   occupied, in use(p), intermeshed, set-aside(p), booked, meshed, busy, tenanted

   Antonyms:
   idle, unemployed, unreserved, uninvolved, unoccupied, ungeared, unconnected

2. engagedadjective

   involved in military hostilities

   "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   unoccupied, idle, unconnected, unemployed, uninvolved, unreserved, ungeared

3. booked, engaged, set-aside(p)adjective

   reserved in advance

   Antonyms:
   unoccupied, unreserved, unemployed, unconnected, ungeared, uninvolved, idle

4. busy, engaged, in use(p)adjective

   (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)

   "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"

   Antonyms:
   ungeared, unconnected, unreserved, unoccupied, idle, uninvolved, unemployed

5. engaged, meshed, intermeshedadjective

   (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting

   "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"

   Synonyms:
   occupied, in use(p), intermeshed, set-aside(p), enmeshed, booked, meshed, busy

   Antonyms:
   uninvolved, unoccupied, idle, unreserved, unconnected, unemployed, ungeared

6. engagedadjective

   having services contracted for

   "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   unemployed, ungeared, unreserved, unoccupied, unconnected, uninvolved, idle

7. engagedadjective

   built against or attached to a wall

   "engaged columns"

   Synonyms:
   booked, intermeshed, set-aside(p), meshed, occupied, busy, in use(p)

   Antonyms:
   idle, uninvolved, ungeared, unconnected, unemployed, unreserved, unoccupied

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1. engagedadjective

   Synonyms:
   occupied, employed, engrossed, affianced, betrothed

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1. List of paraphrases for "engaged":

   committed, involved, fiancée, incurred, hired, participated, recruited, dedicated, betrothed, devoted, undertaken, initiated, contracted, employed, clashed, participant, embarked, bride

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1. List of known nicknames for "Engaged":

   ENGAGED

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1. Eric Hoffer:

   The poor on the borderline of starvation live purposeful lives. To be engaged in a desperate struggle for food and shelter is to be wholly free from a sense of futility.

2. Shailene Woodley:

   Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged, but for us, it's not new news, you know, so it's kind of funny, everybody right now is freaking out over it, and we're like, 'Yeah we've been engaged for a while.'.

3. Shailene Woodley:

   Yes, we are engaged, we are engaged, but for us, it's not new news, you know, so it's kind of funny, everybody right now is freaking out over it and we're like,' Yeah we've been engaged for a while.'.

4. Brene Brown:

   The real questions for parents should be: ‘Are you engaged? Are you paying attention?’ If so, plan to make lots of mistakes and bad decisions. Imperfect parenting moments turn into gifts as our children watch us try to figure out what went wrong and how we can do better next time. The mandate is not to be perfect and raise happy children. Perfection doesn’t exist, and I’ve found what makes children happy doesn’t always prepare them to be courageous, engaged adults.

5. Paul Hokemeyer:

   We are emotionally and physically healthier when we are meaningfully engaged with other people. This means engaged with others in compassionate and altruistic ways.