grindstone

Main Entry:
occupation [ok-yuh-pey-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: profession, business
Synonyms: activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime
Main Entry: work
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: labor, chore
Synonyms: assignment, attempt, commission, daily grind, drudge, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, endeavor, exertion, functioning, grind, grindstone, industry, job, moil, muscle, obligation, pains, performance, production, push, salt mines, servitude, slogging, stint, stress, striving, struggle, sweat*, task, toil, travail, trial, trouble, undertaking
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime
Related Words
Main Entry: occupation
Part of Speech: noun
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Adjectives:
acting, afoot, bureaucratic, businesslike, busy, clerical, functional, going on, in hand, in one's hand, industrial, mercative, official, on foot, on hand, on one's hands, on the anvil, professional, work
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