occupy - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

consume all of one's attention or time

Synonyms

• absorb
• engage
• engross
• occupy

More generic

• interest

More specific

• consume
• involve
• rivet

Verb

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

Synonyms

• invade
• occupy

More generic

• assail
• attack

More specific

• infest
• overrun

Verb

require (time or space)

Synonyms

• occupy
• take
• use up

More generic

• expend
• use

More specific

• be

Related

• consume
• deplete
• eat
• eat up
• exhaust
• run through
• use up
• wipe out

Verb

assume, as of positions or roles

Synonyms

• fill
• occupy
• take

More generic

• do work
• work

Related

• assume
• strike
• take
• take up

Verb

keep busy with

Synonyms

• busy
• occupy

More generic

• work

More specific

• dabble
• play around
• potter
• putter
• smatter

Verb

live (in a certain place)

Synonyms

• lodge in
• occupy
• reside

More generic

• dwell
• inhabit
• live
• populate

More specific

• crash
• move in
• squat
• stay at

Verb

occupy the whole of

Synonyms

• fill
• occupy

More generic

• be

More specific

• crowd
• take up

Verb

be on the mind of

Synonyms

• concern
• interest
• occupy
• worry

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