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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | show |
| Synonyms: | appearance, concert, employment, engagement, job, performance, recital |
| Main Entry: | booking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | engagement |
| Synonyms: | gig, performance date, play date, tour date |
| 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: | cart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small attachment for transporting |
| Synonyms: | barrow, buggy, curricle, dolly, dray, gig, gurney, handcart, palanquin, pushcart, rickshaw, tilbury, truck, tumbrel, two-wheeler, wagon, wheelbarrow |
| Main Entry: | concert |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | musical performance |
| Synonyms: | gig, jam session, musical, musicale, recital, rockfest, selections, show |
| Notes: | a recital is a musical performance by a soloist or two performers; a concert is a performance by a group |
| Main Entry: | engagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting; date |
| Synonyms: | appointment, arrangement, assignation, blind date, commission, commitment, date, errand, get-together, gig, going out, interview, invitation, meet, seeing one, stint, tryst, visit |
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment |
| Synonyms: | activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind, engagement, faculty, function, gig, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, means, métier, niche, nine-to-five, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, posting, profession, pursuit, racket, rat race, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | performance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acting, depiction |
| Synonyms: | act, appearance, ballet, behavior, burlesque, business, ceremony, concert, custom, dance, display, drama, exhibition, gig, interpretation, matinee, offering, opera, pageant, play, portrayal, presentation, production, recital, rehearsal, representation, review, revue, rigmarole, rite, set, show, special, spectacle, stage show, stunt, to-do |
| Antonyms: | direction |
| Main Entry: | task |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job or chore, often assigned |
| Synonyms: | assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind, deadweight, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, fun and games, function, gig, grind*, grindstone, headache, labor, load, long row to hoe, millstone, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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