| Main Entry: | errand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
Synonyms: |
assignment, charge, commission, duty, job, message, mission |
| Notes: | an errand is a short trip that is taken for a specific purpose; arrant means thoroughgoing - downright - out-and-out - extreme - notorious; errant means wandering or roving especially in search of adventure - deviating or straying from an appointed course - straying from the proper standards - moving aimlessly or irregularly |
| Main Entry: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting |
Synonyms: |
assignation, assignment, blind date, consultation, date, engagement, errand, gig, interview, invitation, meet, rendezvous, session, tryst, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | chore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
Synonyms: |
KP, assignment, burden, devoir, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, scutwork, stint, trial, tribulation, workout |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | engagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting; date |
Synonyms: |
appointment, arrangement, assignation, blind date, commission, commitment, date, errand, get-together, gig, going out, interview, invitation, meet, seeing one, stint, tryst, visit |
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
Synonyms: |
act, action, affair, assignment, burden, business, care, charge, chore, commission, concern, contribution, deed, devoir, duty, effort, enterprise, errand, function, matter, mission, obligation, office, operation, project, province, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, taskwork, thing*, tour of duty, undertaking, venture, work |
Antonyms: |
fun |
| Main Entry: | mission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's task, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, office, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | task |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | trip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey, excursion |
Synonyms: |
cruise, errand, expedition, foray, hop, jaunt, junket, outing, overnight, peregrination, ramble*, run, swing*, tour, travel, trek, voyage, weekend |