to take or fill up (space, time, etc.)

I occupied my evenings reading novels.

to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of

Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.

to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in

We occupied the same house for 20 years.

to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.

to hold (a position, office, etc.).

to take or hold possession.

adjective

idle , inactive , not busy , unoccupied , empty , free , uninhabited , vacant

adjective

active , clocked up , employed , engaged , engrossed , head over heels * , tied up , too much on plate , workingnotes:occupied means in use or seized and controlled as by military invasion; preoccupied means deeply absorbed in thought or having compulsive concern with something , busy , full , leased , lived-in , peopled , populated , populous , rented , settled , taken , unavailable , utilizednotes:occupied means in use or seized and controlled as by military invasion; preoccupied means deeply absorbed in thought or having compulsive concern with something , absorbed , inhabited , in use