Synonyms for occupy
ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ

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1. busy, occupy(verb)

   keep busy with

   "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"

   Synonyms:
   take, invade, reside, engage, lodge in, concern, worry, use up, engross, busy, interest, fill, absorb

2. occupy, reside, lodge in(verb)

   live (in a certain place)

   "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, domicile, engross, shack, rest, repose, worry, absorb, engage, busy, concern, fill, reside, interest, take, domiciliate, use up

3. occupy, fill(verb)

   occupy the whole of

   "The liquid fills the container"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, fulfill, satisfy, replete, engross, make full, fulfil, meet, worry, satiate, absorb, engage, busy, concern, fill up, fill, reside, interest, take, sate, use up

4. concern, interest, occupy, worry(verb)

   be on the mind of

   "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, touch, engross, care, use up, matter to, have-to doe with, worry, touch on, absorb, engage, busy, fill, come to, relate, refer, reside, interest, take, pertain, bear on, vex, concern

5. invade, occupy(verb)

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

   "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"

   Synonyms:
   lodge in, invade, encroach upon, engross, obtrude upon, intrude on, busy, worry, absorb, engage, reside, concern, overrun, fill, infest, interest, take, use up

6. take, occupy, use up(verb)

   require (time or space)

   "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

   Synonyms:
   require, invade, subscribe to, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, busy, hold, choose, study, learn, fill, absorb, necessitate, consume, drive, hire, wipe out, consider, need, rent, run through, pick out, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, exhaust, lease, take aim, deplete, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, concern, eat up, claim, read, get, worry, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, engross, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, interest, shoot, aim, direct, charter, eat, contain, lodge in, subscribe, reside, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct

7. absorb, engross, engage, occupy(verb)

   consume all of one's attention or time

   "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

   Synonyms:
   take in, suck up, affiance, enlist, plight, engross, use up, prosecute, lock, hire, soak up, take, worry, suck, employ, lodge in, fill, take over, invade, steep, concern, pursue, betroth, busy, sop up, lease, charter, imbibe, plunge, mesh, wage, reside, rent, interest, draw, assimilate, absorb, ingest, immerse, engulf, take up, operate, engage

8. fill, take, occupy(verb)

   assume, as of positions or roles

   "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"

   Synonyms:
   require, read, subscribe to, withdraw, lead, ingest, take on, carry, deal, assume, have, busy, hold, choose, fulfill, study, learn, fill, absorb, necessitate, consume, drive, fill up, consider, need, rent, pick out, sate, contract, adopt, film, remove, demand, lease, take aim, invade, meet, take up, train, strike, use up, select, take, engage, concern, make, claim, satisfy, get, worry, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, engross, call for, take in, bring, submit, convey, interest, fulfil, shoot, aim, direct, charter, make full, contain, replete, lodge in, subscribe, reside, satiate, involve, acquire, look at, postulate, hire, accept, guide, admit, ask, conduct

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1. occupy(verb)

   To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.

   Synonyms:
   busy, employ

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1. occupy

   To entertain, in the sense here considered, is to engage and pleasantly occupy the attention; to amuse is to occupy the attention in an especially bright and cheerful way, often with that which excites merriment or laughter; as, he entertained us with an amusing story. To divert is to turn from serious thoughts or laborious pursuits to something that lightly and agreeably occupies the mind; one may be entertained or amused who has nothing serious or laborious from which to be diverted. To recreate, literally to re-create, is to engage mind or body in some pleasing activity that restores strength and energy for serious work. To beguile is, as it were, to cheat into cheer and comfort by something that insensibly draws thought or feeling away from pain or disquiet. We beguile a weary hour, cheer the despondent, divert the preoccupied, enliven a dull evening or company, gratify our friends' wishes, entertain, interest, please a listening audience, occupy idle time, disport ourselves when merry, recreate when worn with toil; we amuse ourselves or others with whatever pleasantly passes the time without special exertion, each according to his taste.

   Synonyms:
   amuse, beguile, cheer, delight, disport, divert, enliven, entertain, gratify, interest, please, recreate

   Antonyms:
   annoy, bore, busy, disquiet, distract, disturb, tire, weary

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1. occupy

   Synonyms:
   hold, possess, employ, fill, busy

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1. occupy(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   possess (for the time), keep, hold, have possession of

2. occupy(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   cover, fill, take up

3. occupy(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   employ, busy, engage

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1. occupy(v)

   Synonyms:
   hold, keep, possess, fill, engage, absorb, employ, busy, monopolize

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1. List of paraphrases:

   occupies, hold, occupation, fill, occupying

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How to use occupy in a sentence?

1. Libby Schaaf:

   Occupy was a very costly experience for Oakland and I am very committed to ensuring we never face this level of liability again.

2. Lu Wei:

   Indeed, we do not welcome those that make money off China, occupy China's market, even as they slander China's people. These kinds of websites I definitely will not allow in my house.

3. Emily Elizabeth Dickinson:

   Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.

4. Helen Lau:

   It's not the end, we still have plan B; either to occupy other places or to step up our actions.

5. President Tsai:

   The friendship between Taiwan and the U.S. has never been more promising. The great story of Taiwan-U.S. relations remains to be filled with the efforts of those that will one day occupy this building.

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