busy bee

noun

A hardworking person.

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busy beaverworking beeeager beaverlive wiresharpiesharpy
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Meanings

nounbusy bee (plural busy bees)

plural busy bees

  1. colloquialA hardworking person.

    Synonyms: busy beaver

  2. Synonym of working bee.

    Synonyms: working bee

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA hardworking person.

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busy beaver

nounSynonym of working bee.

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working bee

More synonyms by meaning

nounan alert and energetic person

Similar
eager beaverlive wiresharpiesharpy
Broader
actordoerworker
Also see
busy beavereager beaverlive wiresharpieworking bee

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch bezige bij
  • bezige bijhardworking person
Polish pracuś, mrówa
  • pracuśhardworking person
  • mrówahardworking person
Swedish arbetsmyra
  • arbetsmyrahardworking person
Cite this entry
APA

busy bee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busy%20bee

MLA

“busy bee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busy%20bee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “busy bee,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/busy%20bee.

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