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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | calling, chosen work, craft, day gig, employment, field, forte, job, line of work, one's specialty, profession, pursuit, racket, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
* = 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: | 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: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engagement in activity application, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, hiring, job, line, mission, métier, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on, situation, taking on, thing*, trade, using, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | field |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sphere of influence, activity, interest, study |
| Synonyms: | area, avocation, bailiwick, bounds, calling, champaign, circle, compass, confines, cup of tea, demesne, department, discipline, domain, dominion, environment, job, jurisdiction, limits, line, long suit, margin, métier, occupation, orbit, precinct, province, purview, racket, range, reach, region, scope, speciality, specialty, sweep, terrain, territory, thing, vocation, walk, weakness, work |
| Main Entry: | forte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's strong point |
| Synonyms: | ability, ableness, aptitude, competence, effectiveness, efficiency, eminency, faculty, gift*, long suit, medium, métier, oyster, speciality, strength, strong suit, talent, thing* |
| Antonyms: | weakness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | handicraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artwork, skill |
| Synonyms: | achievement, art, artifact, artisanship, calling, craft, craftship, creation, design, handiwork, invention, métier, product, production, profession, result, trade, vocation |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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