| 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
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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