Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of engage
- not comparableGreatly interested.
- UKnot comparable(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
Synonyms: busy
- not comparablearchitectureattached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- not comparablein contact and in operation
- not comparablegovernmentbeing attacked or attacking
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
adjective(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
adjectiveSynonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveinvolved in military hostilities
adjective(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line)
adjective(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
adjectivehaving services contracted for
adjectivebuilt against or attached to a wall
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَخْطُوب, مَخْطُوبَة
- مَخْطُوب (maḵṭūb)agreed to be married
- مَخْطُوبَة (maḵṭūba)agreed to be married
Bulgarian сгоден, зает
- сгоден (sgoden)agreed to be married
- зает (zaet)already involved in a telephone call
Catalan promès, comunicant
- promèsagreed to be married
- comunicantalready involved in a telephone call
Chinese Mandarin 訂婚了 /订婚了, 使用中的
- 訂婚了 /订婚了 (dìnghūn le)agreed to be married
- 使用中的 (shǐyòngzhōng-de)already involved in a telephone call
Czech zasnoubený, zasnoubená
- zasnoubenýagreed to be married
- zasnoubenáagreed to be married
Danish forlovet, optaget
- forlovetagreed to be married
- optagetalready involved in a telephone call
Dutch verloofd, bezet
- verloofdagreed to be married
- bezetalready involved in a telephone call
- in gesprekalready involved in a telephone call
Esperanto fianĉiĝita
- fianĉiĝitaagreed to be married
Finnish kihloissa, kihloihin
- kihloissaagreed to be married
- kihloihinagreed to be married
- varattualready involved in a telephone call
French fiancé, fiancée
- fiancéagreed to be married
- fiancéeagreed to be married
- engagéalready involved in a telephone call
German verlobt, besetzt
- verlobtagreed to be married
- besetztalready involved in a telephone call
Hebrew מאורס
- מאורס (m'orás)agreed to be married
Hindi मँगनी, सगाई
- मँगनी (maṅgnī)agreed to be married
- सगाई (sagāī)agreed to be married
Hungarian jegyes, eljegyzett
- jegyesagreed to be married
- eljegyzettagreed to be married
- el van jegyezveagreed to be married
- foglaltalready involved in a telephone call
Irish geallta, gafa
- gealltaagreed to be married
- gafaalready involved in a telephone call
Italian fidanzato, fidanzata
- fidanzatoagreed to be married
- fidanzataagreed to be married
- impegnatoagreed to be married
- impegnataagreed to be married
Japanese 婚約している, 使用中
- 婚約している (kon'yaku-shite iru)agreed to be married
- 使用中 (shiyōchū)already involved in a telephone call
Māori hapui
- hapuiagreed to be married
Norwegian Bokmål forlovet, forlove seg
- forlovetagreed to be married
- forlove segagreed to be married
Polish narzeczony, narzeczona
- narzeczonyagreed to be married
- narzeczonaagreed to be married
Portuguese noivo, ocupado
- noivoagreed to be married
- ocupadoalready involved in a telephone call
Romanian logodit
- logoditagreed to be married
Russian помо́лвленный, помо́лвленная
- помо́лвленный (pomólvlennyj)agreed to be married
- помо́лвленная (pomólvlennaja)agreed to be married
- обручённый (obručónnyj)agreed to be married
- обручённая (obručónnaja)agreed to be married
- за́нятый (zánjatyj)already involved in a telephone call
Slovak zasnúbený, zasnúbená
- zasnúbenýagreed to be married
- zasnúbenáagreed to be married
Spanish comprometido, desposado
- comprometidoagreed to be married
- desposadoagreed to be married
- prometidoagreed to be married
- muy interesadogreatly interested
- comunicadoalready involved in a telephone call
- ocupadoalready involved in a telephone call
Swedish förlovad, upptagen
- förlovadagreed to be married
- upptagenalready involved in a telephone call
Turkish nişanlı, sözlü
- nişanlıagreed to be married
- sözlüagreed to be married
Yiddish פֿאַרקנסט
- פֿאַרקנסט (farknast)agreed to be married
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with engaged
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engaged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engaged
“engaged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engaged. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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