Synonyms of the word

occupy

• v. (transitive) To take or use time.
• v. (transitive) To take or use space.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
• v. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

absorb

• v. (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
• v. (transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically…
• v. (transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as.
• v. (transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
• v. (transitive) To occupy or consume time.
• v. (transitive) Assimilate mentally.
• v. (transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
• v. (transitive) To defray the costs.
• v. (transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.

assail

• v. To attack violently using words or force.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

be

• v. (intransitive, now literary) To exist; to have real existence.
• v. (with there, or dialectally it, as dummy subject) To exist.
• v. (intransitive) To occupy a place.
• v. (intransitive) To occur, to take place.
• v. (intransitive, in perfect tenses, without predicate) elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from"…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject and object are the same.
• v. (transitive, copulative, mathematics) Used to indicate that the values on either side of an equation are…
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject plays the role of the predicate nominal.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes it.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to indicate that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or noun…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the passive voice.
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form the continuous forms of various tenses.
• v. (archaic, auxiliary) Used to form the perfect aspect with certain intransitive verbs, most of which indicate…
• v. (transitive, auxiliary) Used to form future tenses, especially the future periphrastic.
• v. (transitive, copulative) Used to link a subject to a measurement.
• v. (transitive, copulative, with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
• v. (with a dummy subject it) Used to indicate the time of day.
• v. (With since) Used to indicate passage of time since the occurrence of an event.
• v. (often impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate weather, air quality, or the like.
• v. (dynamic/lexical "be", especially in progressive tenses, conjugated non-suppletively in the present tense,…
• v. (African American Vernacular, Caribbean, auxiliary, not conjugated) To tend to do, often do; marks the…

busy

• adj. Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.
• adj. Engaged in activity or by someone else.
• adj. Having a lot going on; complicated or intricate.
• adj. Officious; meddling.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody busy, to keep busy with, to occupy, to make occupied.
• v. (transitive) To rush somebody.
• n. (slang, Britain, Liverpudlian, derogatory) A police officer.

concern

• n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
• n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
• n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
• n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
• v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
• v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
• v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

dwell

• n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
• n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
• n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
• n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow…
• v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
• v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
• v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
• v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

engage

• v. (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
• v. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
• v. (heading) To interact contractually.
• v. (heading) To interact mechanically.
• v. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

engross

• v. (transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized…
• v. (transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity…
• v. (transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially…
• v. (transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.
• v. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
• v. (obsolete) To amass.

expend

• v. (transitive) to consume, exhaust (some resource).
• v. (transitive, rare, of money) to spend, disburse.

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

inhabit

• v. (transitive) To live or reside in.
• v. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

interest

• n. (uncountable, finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in…
• n. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
• n. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
• n. (countable) An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other…
• n. (countable) Something one is interested in.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
• n. (usually in the plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
• v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person…
• v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
• v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

invade

• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
• v. (transitive) To infest or overrun.
• v. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
• v. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some…

live

• v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
• v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
• v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
• v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
• v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
• v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
• v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
• v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
• v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
• v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
• adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
• adj. Being in existence; actual.
• adj. Having active properties; being energized.
• adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
• adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
• adj. (sports) Still in active play.
• adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
• adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
• adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
• adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
• adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
• adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
• adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
• adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
• adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
• adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
• adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
• adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

reside

• v. To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long…
• v. To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or element.
• v. To sink; to settle, as sediment.

take

• v. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• v. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).
• v. (transitive) To remove.
• v. (transitive) To have sex with.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
• v. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
• v. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
• v. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
• v. (obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
• v. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
• v. (transitive) To consume.
• v. (transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
• v. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
• v. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
• v. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
• v. (transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).
• v. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
• v. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
• v. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
• v. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
• v. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).
• v. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
• v. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
• v. (transitive, of cloth, paper, etc) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to…
• v. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
• v. (transitive) To require.
• v. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
• v. (transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).
• v. (transitive) To avail oneself of.
• v. (transitive) To perform, to do.
• v. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
• v. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
• v. (transitive) To have or take recourse to.
• v. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
• v. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
• v. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
• v. (transitive, dated) To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).
• v. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
• v. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
• v. (transitive) To deal with.
• v. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow…
• v. (transitive, grammar) To have an be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).
• v. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
• v. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
• v. (intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
• v. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
• v. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, give (something) to (someone).
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or…
• n. The or an act of taking.
• n. Something that is taken; a haul.
• n. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.
• n. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
• n. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a…
• n. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
• n. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response…
• n. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
• n. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
• n. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

use

• n. The act of using.
• n. (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
• n. A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
• n. Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
• n. (obsolete, rare) Interest for lent money; premium paid for the use of something; usury.
• n. (archaic) Continued or repeated practice; usage; habit.
• n. (obsolete) Common occurrence; ordinary experience.
• n. (religion) The special form of ritual adopted for use in any diocese.
• n. (forging) A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward…
• v. To accustom; to habituate.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To become accustomed (to), to accustom oneself (to).
• v. (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
• v. (reflexive, obsolete) To behave, act, comport oneself.
• v. (transitive, often with up) To exhaust the supply of; to consume by employing.
• v. (transitive) To exploit.
• v. (dated) To behave toward; to act with regard to; to treat.
• v. (intransitive, now rare, literary) To habitually do; to be wont to do.
• v. (intransitive, past tense with infinitive) To habitually do. See used to.
• v. (transitive, with auxiliary could) To need; to benefit from.
• v. (intransitive) To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.

work

• n. (heading, uncountable) Employment.
• n. (heading, uncountable) Effort.
• n. Sustained effort to achieve a goal or result, especially overcoming obstacles.
• n. (heading) Product; the result of effort.
• n. (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
• n. (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
• v. (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
• v. (transitive) To effect by gradual degrees.
• v. (transitive) To embroider with thread.
• v. (transitive) To set into action.
• v. (transitive) To cause to ferment.
• v. (intransitive) To ferment.
• v. (transitive) To exhaust, by working.
• v. (transitive) To shape, form, or improve a material.
• v. (transitive) To operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
• v. (transitive) To operate in or through; as, to work the phones.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or excite; to influence.
• v. (transitive) To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
• v. (transitive) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
• v. (transitive) To cause to work.
• v. (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
• v. (intransitive) To effect by gradual degrees; as, to work into the earth.
• v. (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled;.
• v. (transitive, with two objects, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To hurt; to ache.

worry

• v. (intransitive) To be troubled, to give way to mental anxiety.
• v. (transitive) Disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress.
• v. (transitive) To harass; to irritate or distress.
• v. (transitive) To seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.
• v. (transitive) To touch repeatedly, to fiddle with.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, except in Scots) To strangle.
• n. A strong feeling of anxiety.
• n. An instance or cause of such a feeling.