busy
How to pronounce busy:
Synonyms for busy:
active
assiduous
at work
brisk
bustling
by
diligent
drudging
efficient
employed
engaged
hard-pressed
hardworking
hopping
immersed
industrious
laboring
laborious
occupied
overbusy
preoccupied
rushed off your feet
sedulous
tied up
tireless
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Antonyms for busy:
available
dormant
free
idle
inactive
inert
not tied down
quiescent
unemployed
unfettered
unoccupied
unrestricted
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- anger
- mission
- aetna
- foolish
- catarrh
- untrained
- believe
- doctrine
- civil
- stomach
- gully
- depend
- pillow
- huddle
- amid
- riddle
- pussy
- obeyed
- ice-cold
- follows
- convey
- cheerful
- caution
- measure
- pressure
- drama
- tragic
- terror
- mama
- honest
- burger
- abscond
- thinking
- assess
- bottom
- uncouth
- sincere
- panic
- dwelling
- distract
- camping
- phishing
- triage
- fluty
- wishing
- question
- island
- escapes
- eager
- ahead
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Syllable Fun Fact
In English, certain prefixes and suffixes, when added to a base word, can change its syllable count, as with 'happy' (2 syllables) becoming 'unhappiness' (4 syllables).
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