Synonyms for occupy
ˈɒk yəˌpaɪoc·cu·py

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1. occupyverb

   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. busy, occupyverb

   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 inverb

   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, fillverb

   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, worryverb

   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, occupyverb

   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 upverb

   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, occupyverb

   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, occupyverb

   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. occupyverb

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

2. occupyverb

   Synonyms:
   cover, fill, take up

3. occupyverb

   Synonyms:
   employ, busy, engage

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1. occupyverb

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "occupy":

   occupies, hold, occupation, fill, occupying

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How to use occupy in a sentence?

1. Vice President Joe Biden:

   We've taken back collectively 40 percent of the territory they occupy.

2. Cary Grant:

   My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

3. Holly Sullivan:

   Regarding incentives, Amazon is only eligible for the financial incentive after we make our investments and occupy office space in the community.

4. Mickey Mehta:

   Memories are good, bad and ugly & they occupy all the space in your mind, leaving very little for present moment awareness. Life flows towards you constantly and total memory occupation makes you miss the present moment celebration. Clean the slate & reboot your mind, don't memorize, be available to life every single moment and MickeyMize.

5. Torsten Hinrichs:

   None of these companies are profitable; the niches they occupy are too small, i'm convinced there will be consolidation and when we see something of interest, we will willingly acquire it.