occupations

NOUN

profession, business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity affair

STRONG

calling craft do dodge employment game grindstone hang job lick line moonlight play post pursuit racket slot thing trade vocation work

WEAK

chosen work daily grind day gig line of work métier nine-to-five rat race walk of life what one is into

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation unemployment

WEAK

giving up hobby surrender yielding

NOUN

control, possession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ownership settlement

STRONG

habitation holding inhabitancy inhabitation occupancy residence tenancy tenure title use

Antonyms

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime surrender yielding

NOUN

seizure, takeover

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack conquest invasion

STRONG

capture entering subjugation

WEAK

foreign rule

Antonyms

STRONGEST

retreat surrender

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime yielding

Example Sentences

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Employment of electricians is projected to grow 9 percent from 2024 to 2034, much faster than the average for all occupations, according to a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released two years ago.

From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026

In the least AI-exposed occupations, it barely moved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The most telling detail, Glassdoor said: Employee satisfaction in occupations highly exposed to AI have declined only slightly.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Also, we don’t yet know what new tasks and occupations will be created because of AI, or which jobs will simply be augmented, said Harry Holzer, a labor economist at Georgetown University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

After this, most committee members simply went back to their old occupations, happy to give up the positions of power they had held during the terrible time of death and sickness.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy