Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

OCCUPIED

Free

The most appropriate antonym of the given word occupied is free.

• Occupied means taken up or engaged by someone or something.
• Free means not occupied or engaged by someone or something.

The word occupied means taken up or engaged by someone or something, while the word free means not occupied or engaged by someone or something. Therefore, the antonym of occupied is free.

The other options are not antonyms of occupied.

• Late means after the usual or expected time.
• Vast means very large or extensive.
• New means not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently.