| 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: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | using something |
Synonyms: |
adoption, appliance, application, disposition, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploitation, handling, operation, play, purpose, usage, usance, use, utilization |
Antonyms: |
misuse |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
Synonyms: |
appliance, appositeness, employment, exercise, exercising, function, germaneness, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, relevance, usance, utilization, value |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, position of responsibility |
Synonyms: |
appointee, assignment, berth, candidate, delegate, employment, nominee, office, officeholder, place, post, representative, situation, station, work |
| 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: | 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: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
Synonyms: |
bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, field, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket, specialty, thing*, vocation, work |
Antonyms: |
amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
Synonyms: |
agency, appointment, authority, brevet, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, legation, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, power of attorney, proxy, trust, warrant, work |