Definition of BUSYNESS

busyness

Plural: busynesses

Noun

  • The state or quality of being busy, occupied, or active.
  • the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
    • "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"
  • The state of being busy.

Examples

  • The BUSYNESS of the Words With Friends game table was palpable during the final turns.

Origin / Etymology

From busy + -ness; the ⟨y⟩ (-y) is kept to distinguish from business (of which it is a doublet), which is derived from the same two morphemes but by regular spelling rules.

Synonyms

hum

Scrabble Score: 13

busyness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
busyness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
busyness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

busyness: valid Words With Friends Word