Busy and Gone

Busy

Busy adjective - Involved in often constant activity.

Gone and busy are semantically related in state topic. In some cases you can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Busy".

Nearby Words: busily, busyness, busied, busying

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.

Busy and gone are semantically related in state topic. Sometimes you can use "Busy" instead an adjective "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Daddy Day Care The plot follows Charlie Hinton, a busy working father and his wife, Kim has just gone back to work as a lawyer.
  • Suzuhara Shuuko in Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer is Misaki's long-gone mother, "busy with work" and defending her title as Angelic Layer champion.
  • Literature / Wayside School This Isn't Heaven: When Allison gets stuck doing busy work for a week on the 19th story, her classmate Mark Miller thinks they've died and gone to--Allison: This isn't heaven!
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