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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| 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: | burden |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental weight; stress |
| Synonyms: | Herculean task, accountability, affliction, albatross, anxiety, ball and chain, blame, care, charge, clog, concern, deadweight, difficulty, duty, encumbrance, excess baggage, grievance, hardship, hindrance, load, millstone, misfortune, mishap, obstruction, onus, punishment, responsibility, sorrow, strain, task, tax, thorn in one's side, trial, trouble, weary load, work, worry |
| Antonyms: | aid, help, relief |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
| Synonyms: | affair, assignment, beeswax, carrying on, duty, function, goings-on, hanky-panky, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | care, commitment, committal, concern, custody, deadweight, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, ought, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight |
| Main Entry: | concern |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, shooting match, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, assignment |
| Synonyms: | burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, devoir, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone, minding the store, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, ought, pains, part, province, role, service, station, string, taking care of business, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work |
| Antonyms: | disregard, irresponsibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | adventure, undertaking |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, attempt, baby*, bag*, ballgame, big idea, biggie, bit*, business, campaign, cause, company, concern, crusade, deal, deed, do*, effort, endeavor, engagement, essay, establishment, firm, flier, follow through, game*, happening, hazard, house, move, operation, outfit, performance, pet project, plan, plunge*, program, project, proposition, purpose, pursuit, risk, scheme, speculation, stake, striving, stunt, task, thing*, trade, try, venture, work |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, effort |
| Synonyms: | act, action, activity, calisthenics, constitutional, daily dozen, discharge, discipline, drill, drilling, examination, exercising, exertion, gym, labor, lesson, movement, occupation, operation, performance, problem, pursuit, recitation, schoolwork, study, task, test, theme, toil, training, warm-up, workout |
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