occupies

The word “occupies” has 3 syllables: oc-cu-pies

It's pronounced as /ˈɒkjʊpaɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for occupies?

In the thesaurus, “occupies” has 81 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for occupies along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for occupies

  • absorb
  • absorbs
  • allures
  • amuse
  • attend
  • attracts
  • be active with
  • be concerned with
  • be established
  • be in command
  • be in residence
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewitches
  • busies
  • busy
  • captivates
  • capture
  • catches up
  • charms
  • conquer
  • cover
  • distracts
  • divert
  • dwell
  • employ
  • enchants
  • engage
  • engages
  • engross
  • engrosses
  • ensconce
  • entertain
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • enwraps
  • establish
  • fascinates
  • fill
  • garrison
  • grips
  • hogs
  • hold
  • hold attention
  • hypnotizes
  • immerse
  • immerses
  • inhabit
  • interest
  • interests
  • intrigues
  • invade
  • involve
  • involves
  • keep
  • keep busy
  • live in
  • maintain
  • mesmerizes
  • monopolize
  • monopolizes
  • obsesses
  • obtain
  • overrun
  • own
  • people
  • permeate
  • pervade
  • populate
  • possess
  • preoccupies
  • preoccupy
  • remain
  • sit
  • soak
  • stay
  • take possession
  • take up
  • tenant
  • tie up
  • utilize

Antonyms for occupies

Meanings of occupies

  • verb
    1. (of time) To take or use.
    2. To take or use space.
    3. To have sexual intercourse with.
    4. To do business in; to busy oneself with.
    5. To use; to expend; to make use of.

Example Sentences

  • The company occupies several floors of the downtown office building.
  • Her artwork occupies a prominent place in the gallery due to its unique style.
  • The king's palace occupies a vast area within the city walls.
  • In the wild, the lioness occupies a central role in hunting and caring for the pride.
  • The book occupies a significant portion of the shelf due to its extensive content.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occupies, such as: abandon, absorb, absorbs, allures, amuse, anger, attend.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abides

  • absorbs
  • accepts
  • acquiesces
  • allows
  • awaits
  • bears
  • bides
  • brooks
  • capitulates
  • carries through
  • cohabits
  • continues
  • countenances
  • dallies
  • dawdles
  • dwells
  • endures
  • frequents
  • goes
  • hacks
  • handles
  • hangs around
  • hangs on
  • haunts
  • holds on
  • holds up
  • inhabits
  • keeps up
  • lasts
  • leases
  • lingers
  • lives
  • lives with
  • lodges
  • loiters
  • meets
  • occupies
  • outstays
  • overstays
  • peoples
  • perdures
  • permits
  • persists
  • pockets
  • populates
  • prevails
  • remains
  • rents
  • resides
  • respects
  • runs on
  • settles
  • stands
  • stands for
  • stays
  • sticks around
  • sticks out
  • stomachs
  • sublets
  • suffers
  • supports
  • survives
  • sustains
  • swallows
  • sweats out
  • takes
  • tarries
  • tenants
  • tolerates
  • toughs it out
  • visits
  • waits
  • wears

absorbs

  • abates
  • abides
  • accepts
  • acculturates
  • accustoms
  • acquiesces
  • allows
  • allures
  • amalgamates
  • assimilates
  • attracts
  • bankrupts
  • bears
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewitches
  • bides
  • blends
  • blows
  • brooks
  • burns
  • busies
  • capitulates
  • captivates
  • catches up
  • charms
  • co-opts
  • combines
  • commingles
  • conditions
  • consumes
  • countenances
  • cripples
  • de-escalates
  • debilitates
  • decreases
  • depletes
  • devours
  • diminishes
  • disables
  • dissipates
  • distracts
  • downsizes
  • drains
  • draws down
  • dries up
  • drinks
  • dwindles
  • eats
  • embodies
  • empties
  • enchants
  • enculturates
  • endures
  • enfeebles
  • engages
  • engrosses
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • enwraps
  • exhausts
  • expends
  • fascinates
  • fuses
  • goes
  • grips
  • gulps
  • guzzles
  • habituates
  • hacks
  • handles
  • hogs
  • hypnotizes
  • imbibes
  • immerses
  • impoverishes
  • incorporates
  • integrates
  • interests
  • intermingles
  • intrigues
  • involves
  • lavishes
  • lessens
  • lives with
  • lowers
  • meets
  • merges
  • mesmerizes
  • mingles
  • misspends
  • monopolizes
  • naturalizes
  • obsesses
  • occupies
  • permits
  • plays out
  • pockets
  • preoccupies
  • quaffs
  • reduces
  • respects
  • runs out of
  • runs through
  • saps
  • sips
  • slurps
  • spends
  • sponges
  • squanders
  • stands
  • stands for
  • sticks out
  • stomachs
  • suffers
  • supports
  • sustains
  • swallows
  • sweats out
  • swigs
  • swills
  • takes
  • takes up
  • throws away
  • tolerates
  • toughs it out
  • undermines
  • uses
  • uses up
  • wastes
  • weakens
  • wears

bags

  • abandons
  • abducts
  • accomplishes
  • accoutrements
  • accumulates
  • achieves
  • acquires
  • amasses
  • annexes
  • aplenty
  • apprehends
  • approaches
  • arrests
  • attains
  • backpacks
  • balloons
  • barracks bags
  • barrels
  • bays
  • beats
  • beetles
  • bellies
  • belongings
  • billfolds
  • billows
  • blows up
  • brings in
  • bulges
  • bulk
  • bunches
  • bundle
  • bundles
  • captures
  • carries
  • carry-on
  • carryalls
  • catches
  • chalks up
  • chucks
  • chunk
  • clasps
  • clears
  • clutch bags
  • clutches
  • collars
  • comes by
  • compacts
  • cops
  • corners
  • corrals
  • detains
  • dilates
  • distends
  • ditty bags
  • domes
  • draws
  • duffel bags
  • earns
  • effects
  • elongates
  • enmeshes
  • ensnares
  • entangles
  • entraps
  • equals
  • equipment
  • excels
  • expands
  • expanse
  • extends
  • extent
  • fists
  • flight bags
  • flock
  • fortnighter
  • gains
  • garment bags
  • garners
  • gear
  • gets
  • gives notice
  • gloms
  • gloves
  • gob
  • gobs
  • grabs
  • grapples
  • grasps
  • grips
  • grosses
  • halters
  • handbags
  • haversacks
  • heap
  • heaps
  • hits
  • holds
  • hooks
  • hunk
  • immeshes
  • impedimenta
  • inflates
  • jillion
  • juts
  • kidnaps
  • kit bags
  • knapsacks
  • knocks down
  • lands
  • large number
  • lassos
  • leaves
  • lengthens
  • load
  • loads
  • logs
  • lot
  • lots
  • luggage
  • magnitude
  • makes
  • many and then some
  • mass
  • matches
  • measure
  • meets
  • meshes
  • mess
  • mint
  • mucho
  • mushrooms
  • nabs
  • nails
  • nets
  • nobbles
  • number
  • obtains
  • occupies
  • oodles
  • outdoes
  • overhangs
  • overnighter
  • pack
  • packages
  • packets
  • packs
  • paraphernalia
  • parcels
  • passel
  • peck
  • picks up
  • pile
  • piles
  • plenty
  • pocketbooks
  • pokes
  • pooches
  • portmanteaus
  • portmanteaux
  • pouches
  • pouts
  • procures
  • projects
  • protrudes
  • pulls down
  • purses
  • quits
  • racks up
  • raps
  • reacquires
  • realizes
  • reaps
  • reattains
  • recaptures
  • regains
  • remakes
  • rends
  • rings up
  • rivals
  • ropes
  • rucksacks
  • sacks
  • satchels
  • scads
  • score
  • scores
  • secures
  • seizes
  • shopping bags
  • shoulder bags
  • slat
  • slew
  • slough
  • snags
  • snares
  • snatches
  • snowballs
  • stacks
  • stands out
  • starts
  • sticks out
  • stretches
  • suitcases
  • supply
  • surpasses
  • swells
  • takes over
  • things
  • throws up
  • ties
  • ton
  • tons
  • tops
  • tote
  • tote bag
  • tote bags
  • totes
  • touches
  • trappings
  • traps
  • traveling bags
  • two-suiter
  • vacates
  • vanities
  • volume
  • wallets
  • whopper
  • wins
  • work bags
  • wrests
  • zillions

earns

fascinates

  • absorb
  • absorbs
  • allure
  • allures
  • animate
  • arouse
  • arrests
  • attach
  • attract
  • attracts
  • beckons
  • bedazzles
  • beguile
  • beguiles
  • bemuses
  • bewitch
  • bewitches
  • busies
  • captivates
  • catches up
  • charm
  • charms
  • compel
  • courts
  • delight
  • delights
  • disarms
  • distracts
  • draw
  • draws
  • enamor
  • enchant
  • enchants
  • engage
  • engages
  • engross
  • engrosses
  • enrapture
  • enraptures
  • enslave
  • ensnare
  • enthrall
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • entice
  • entices
  • entrance
  • entrances
  • enwraps
  • excite
  • fire
  • gladden
  • gratifies
  • grips
  • hogs
  • hypnotize
  • hypnotizes
  • immerses
  • infatuate
  • interest
  • interests
  • intoxicate
  • intrigue
  • intrigues
  • invite
  • invites
  • involves
  • kills
  • kindle
  • lure
  • lures
  • magnetizes
  • mesmerize
  • mesmerizes
  • monopolizes
  • obsesses
  • occupies
  • overpower
  • overwhelm
  • pique
  • please
  • pleases
  • preoccupies
  • provoke
  • pulls
  • ravish
  • rivet
  • seduce
  • seduces
  • solicits
  • spellbind
  • spellbinds
  • stimulate
  • stir
  • subdue
  • tantalize
  • tempt
  • tempts
  • thrill
  • thrills
  • titillate
  • transfix
  • transport
  • wiles
  • win
  • witches
  • woos

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