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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seizure, takeover |
| Synonyms: | attack, capture, conquest, entering, foreign rule, invasion, subjugation |
| Antonyms: | giving up, surrender, yielding |
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| 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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| Main Entry: | absorption |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | total attention toward something |
| Synonyms: | captivation, concentration, engagement, engrossment, enthrallment, fascination, hang-up, holding, immersion, intentness, involvement, occupation, preoccupation, raptness |
| Antonyms: | boredom, distraction |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, ballgame, big idea, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, functioning, game, going, happening, haste, hoopla*, hopper, in the works, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inactivity, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | special interest or pursuit |
| Synonyms: | act, avocation, bag*, ballgame, bit*, deed, endeavor, enterprise, entertainment, game, hobby, job, labor, occupation, pastime, project, racket, scene*, scheme, stunt, task, trip, undertaking, venture, work, zoo |
| Antonyms: | hate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hobby |
| Synonyms: | amusement, diversion, kick*, occupation, pastime, recreation, schtick, shot*, side interest, sideline, thing* |
| Antonyms: | profession, vocation, 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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