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| Main Entry: | barracks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shelter for military |
| Synonyms: | billet, camp, dormitory, encampment, enclosure, garrison, headquarters, hut, quarters, tent, Quonset hut, bivouac, cantonment, prefab |
| Main Entry: | card |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | piece of paper, often with purposeful writing |
| Synonyms: | agenda, badge, billet, calendar, check, docket, identification, label, pass, poster, program, schedule, sheet, square, tally, ticket, timetable, voucher, cardboard, fiberboard |
| Main Entry: | quarters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place to live or sleep |
| Synonyms: | abode, accommodation, apartment, barracks, billet, cabin, cottage, domicile, dwelling, flat, fraternity, habitat, habitation, home, house, lodge, lodging, place, post, ranch, residence, room, roost*, shelter, sorority, station, tent, cantonment, chambers, condo, digs, dorm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bar, pole |
| Synonyms: | baton, billet, cane, cylinder, dowel, ingot, mace, pin, scepter, shaft, slab, spike, staff, stick, strip, switch, wand, birch, rodule, sceptre, stave |
| Main Entry: | slab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chunk of solid object |
| Synonyms: | bar, billet, bit, board, chip, cut, cutting, hunk, ingot, lump, muck, piece, plate, portion, rod, slice, stick, stone, strip, wedge, boulder, stave |
| Main Entry: | stick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pole, often wooden |
| Synonyms: | bar, bat, baton, billet, bludgeon, board, branch, cane, club, cudgel, ingot, mast, rod, rule, ruler, shoot, slab, staff, stake, stalk, stem, strip, switch, timber, twig, wand, wedge, birch, drumstick, ferrule, slat, stave |
| Main Entry: | strip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thin piece of material |
| Synonyms: | band, bar, belt, billet, bit, fillet, ingot, layer, ribbon, rod, section, segment, shred, slab, slip, stick, stripe, swathe, tape, tongue, banding |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rod; straight length of material |
| Synonyms: | batten, billet, boom, ingot, lever, pig, pole, rail, rib, rule, shaft, slab, spar, stake, stick, streak, strip, stripe, stroke, crossbar, crosspiece, paling, spoke |
| Main Entry: | berth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | harbor; bunk |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, bed, bedroom, billet, compartment, cot, dock, haven, jetty, levee, pier, port, quay, slip, wharf, hammock |
| 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, métier, means, niche, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work, nine-to-five, posting |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service, situation, spot, station, trust, work |
| Main Entry: | profession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line of work requiring academic or practical preparation |
| Synonyms: | art, avocation, berth, billet, business, calling, career, concern, craft, dodge*, employment, engagement, field, game*, handicraft, lifework, line*, line of work*, métier, occupation, office, position, post, pursuit, rat race*, role, service, situation, slot*, specialty, sphere, thing*, trade, undertaking, vocation, walk of life*, biz, chosen work |
| Antonyms: | avocation, entertainment, fun, hobby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | put up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accommodate guest |
| Synonyms: | bestow, billet, board, bunk, domicile, entertain, harbor, house, lodge, provide, quarter, take in, give lodging, make welcome |
| Antonyms: | turn away |
| Main Entry: | berth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, billet, capacity, connection, employment, job, living, office, place, post, profession, situation, spot |
| Main Entry: | letter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written communication |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, answer, billet, dispatch, epistle, junk mail*, line, memorandum, message, missive, note, reply, report, thank you, kite, memo, postcard |
| Antonyms: | speech |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | post |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, employment |
| Synonyms: | appointment, assignment, berth, billet, office, place, position, situation |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
| Main Entry: | quarter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provide lodging |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, billet, board, bunk, canton, domicile, entertain, establish, harbor, house, install, lodge, place, post, put up, settle, shelter, station, domiciliate |
| Antonyms: | turn away |
| Main Entry: | situation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment status |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, employment, engagement, hire, job, office, place, placement, position, post, profession, spot, trade |
| Main Entry: | spot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position in organization |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, connection, job, office, place, post, responsibility, situation, station, work |
| Main Entry: | position |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility in business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | berth, billet, capacity, connection, do*, duty, employment, function, job, occupation, office, place, post, profession, role, situation, slot*, spot*, trade, nine-to-five |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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