jobs

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity appointment assignment business career office operation place position post profession situation spot stint task trade work

STRONG

berth billet calling capacity chore connection craft engagement faculty function gig grind handicraft line livelihood means niche occupation opening posting pursuit racket swindle vocation

WEAK

daily grind métier nine-to-five rat race

Antonyms

STRONGEST

avocation entertainment fun idleness pastime recreation unemployment

STRONG

hobby inability incompetence surrender

NOUN

task

Synonyms

STRONGEST

action assignment business care duty effort office operation project responsibility role stint task thing work

STRONG

act affair burden charge chore commission concern contribution deed devoir enterprise errand function matter mission obligation province pursuit undertaking venture

WEAK

taskwork tour of duty

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disregard entertainment fun idleness inaction inactivity irresponsibility pastime

STRONG

retreat

WEAK

unemployment

Example Sentences

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Jobs that “put calluses on your hands—those are the only jobs I’ve ever had.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

He said it was: "Bringing forward the biggest youth employment reforms in a generation including a Youth Jobs Grant for businesses starting next month, more apprenticeships and subsidised employment to help young people."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Tech billionaires—Laurene Powell Jobs, Jeff Bezos and Steve and Connie Ballmer come to mind—never guessed that the network of climate groups on which they lavished their millions would eventually turn on their industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Jobs also realized he didn’t want to sell computers to the government, which was the whole point of Perot’s involvement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

Unlike Gates, Jobs wasn’t from a rich family and he didn’t go to Michigan, like Joy.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell