| Main Entry: | métier |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | metier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calling |
Synonyms: |
business, career, craft, forte, line, occupation, profession, specialty, trade, work |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |