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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, field, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket, specialty, thing*, vocation, work |
| Notes: | careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
| Synonyms: | bag*, biz, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Antonyms: | avocation, recreation, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
| Synonyms: | art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flow; run |
| Synonyms: | career, chase, dart, dash, follow, gallop, gush, hasten, hunt, hurry, hustle, pursue, race, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, speed, spring, stream, surge, tumble |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, discipline |
| Synonyms: | art, calling, career, employment, handicraft, line, métier, occupation, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | avocation, entertainment, recreation |
| Main Entry: | dart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | race away; propel |
| Synonyms: | bound, career, cast, course, dash, flash, fling, flit, float, fly, gallop, hasten, heave, hurry, hurtle, launch, move quickly, pitch, plunge, run, rush, sail, scamper, scoot, scud, scurry, shoot, skim, speed, spring, sprint, spurt, start, tear, throw, thrust, whiz |
| Main Entry: | dash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run very fast for short distance |
| Synonyms: | boil, bolt, bound, career, charge, chase, course, dart, fly, gallop, get on it, haste, hasten, hurry, lash, make a run for it, make it snappy, race, rush, rush at, scamper, scoot, scurry, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, tear |
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run or pass swiftly |
| Synonyms: | barrel, bolt, breeze, career, dart, dash, elapse, flee, flit, glide, go like the wind, hasten, hurry, hustle, make off, pass, race, roll, run its course, rush, scamper, scoot, shoot, slip away, speed, sprint, tear, whiz*, zoom* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, tear along, trot, zoom |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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