Meanings
comparative more occupied · superlative most occupied
- Busy; unavailable.
She is occupied at the moment.
- Subjugated; under the control of a foreign (usually military) presence.
My father travelled to occupied Japan in December 1945.
1 more example
As he creeps towards the main road, someone, another occupied former human, pokes their head around the corner, then calls to others in the strange language, pointing him out. Wheeler stops in his tracks. In another moment, ten or eleven non-people are advancing on him from the road. Two of them are carrying something with them, a limp, badly broken human— a normal human, Wheeler realises with some shock, like him.
2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 141
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of occupy
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveReserved; engaged.
interjectionUsed to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveseized and controlled as by military invasion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَحْجُوز, مَشْغُول
- مَحْجُوز (maḥjūz)reserved
- مَشْغُول (mašḡūl)busy
- مُحْتَلّ (muḥtall)militarily subjugated
- مَشْغُول (mašḡūl)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Bengali মশগুল
- মশগুল (mośgul)busy
Bulgarian зае́т, зае́т
- зае́т (zaét)reserved
- зае́т (zaét)busy
- окупи́ран (okupíran)militarily subjugated
- зае́то (zaéto)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Chinese Mandarin 被佔用的 /被占用的, 已被預留的 /已被预留的
- 被佔用的 /被占用的 (bèi zhànyòng de)reserved
- 已被預留的 /已被预留的 (yǐ bèi yùliú de)reserved
- 有人 (yǒurén)reserved
- 忙碌的 (mánglù de)busy
- 無法使用的 /无法使用的 (wúfǎ shǐyòng de)busy
- 不可用的 (bù kě yòng de)busy
- 被佔領的 /被占领的 (bèi zhànlǐng de)militarily subjugated
Czech obsazený, okupovaný
- obsazenýreserved
- okupovanýmilitarily subjugated
Dutch bezet, gereserveerd
- bezetreserved
- gereserveerdreserved
- bezigbusy
- bezetbusy
- bezetmilitarily subjugated
- bezet(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Estonian hõivatud, okupeeritud
- hõivatudreserved
- okupeeritudmilitarily subjugated
Finnish varattu, varattu
- varattureserved
- varattubusy
- miehitettymilitarily subjugated
- varattu(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
French occupé, occupé
- occupéreserved
- occupébusy
- occupémilitarily subjugated
- occupé(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
German belegt, besetzt
- belegtreserved
- besetztreserved
- besetztbusy
- beschäftigtbusy
- besetztmilitarily subjugated
- okkupiertmilitarily subjugated
- besetzt(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Greek κατειλημμένος
- κατειλημμένος (kateilimménos)reserved
Hebrew תפוס, עסוק
- תפוס (tafús)reserved
- עסוק (asúk)busy
- כבוש (kavúsh)militarily subjugated
- תפוס (tafús)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Hungarian foglalt, elfoglalt
- foglaltreserved
- elfoglaltbusy
- megszálltmilitarily subjugated
- foglalt(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Italian occupato, occupato
- occupatoreserved
- occupatomilitarily subjugated
- occupato(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Japanese 使用中
- 使用中 (shiyō-chū)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Latin occupātus, occupātus
- occupātusreserved
- occupātusbusy
Norwegian Bokmål opptatt
- opptatt(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Polish zajęty, zajęty
- zajętyreserved
- zajętybusy
- okupowanymilitarily subjugated
- zajętymilitarily subjugated
- zajęte!(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Portuguese ocupado, ocupado
- ocupadoreserved
- ocupadobusy
- ocupadomilitarily subjugated
Romanian ocupat
- ocupat(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Russian за́нятый, зарезерви́рованный
- за́нятый (zánjatyj)reserved
- зарезерви́рованный (zarezervírovannyj)reserved
- за́нятый (zánjatyj)busy
- оккупи́рованный (okkupírovannyj)militarily subjugated
- за́нятый (zánjatyj)militarily subjugated
- за́нято (zánjato)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Spanish reservado, ocupado
- reservadoreserved
- ocupadobusy
- ocupadomilitarily subjugated
- ocupado(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Swedish upptagen, upptagen
- upptagenreserved
- upptagenbusy
- ockuperadmilitarily subjugated
- upptaget(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Turkish dolu, meşgul
- dolureserved
- meşgulbusy
- işgal altındamilitarily subjugated
- dolu(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Ukrainian за́йнятий, за́йнятий
- за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)reserved
- за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)busy
- окупо́ваний (okupóvanyj)militarily subjugated
- за́йнятий (zájnjatyj)militarily subjugated
- за́йнято (zájnjato)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Urdu مقبوض, مقبوضہ
- مقبوض (maqbūẓ)militarily subjugated
- مقبوضہ (maqbūẓah)militarily subjugated
- مَصْرُوف (masrūf)(used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable)
Cite this entry
occupied. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupied
“occupied.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupied. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occupied,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupied.
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