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| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, work |
| Synonyms: | act, act the part, be in action, be in commission, be in operation, be running, behave, cook, do, do duty, do one's thing, get with it, go, go to town, move, officialize, officiate, operate, percolate*, react, run, serve, take, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | idle, malfunction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, job |
| Synonyms: | action, activity, affair, behavior, business, charge, concern, duty, employment, exercise, faculty, goal, mark, mission, object, objective, occupation, office, operation, part, post, power, province, purpose, raison d'être, responsibility, role, service, situation, target, task, use, utility, work |
| Main Entry: | function |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social occasion |
| Synonyms: | affair, celebration, do*, gathering, get-together, meeting, party, reception |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behave in a certain way |
| Synonyms: | appear, behave, carry, carry out, conduct, do, enact, execute, exert, function, go about, operate, perform, react, seem, serve, strike, take on, carry oneself, comport, give the appearance, impress as, play part, represent oneself |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | party or celebration |
| Synonyms: | do, entertainment, function, gathering, reception, shindig, soiree |
| Main Entry: | application |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | use |
| Synonyms: | appliance, employment, exercise, function, operation, pertinence, play, practice, purpose, value, appositeness, exercising, germaneness, relevance, usance, utilization |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
| Synonyms: | bag*, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket*, specialty, trade, vocation, work, biz, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | avocation, recreation, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal concern |
| Synonyms: | affair, assignment, duty, function, hanky-panky*, happening, interest, issue, lookout, matter, palaver, point, problem, question, responsibility, subject, task, topic, beeswax, carrying on, goings-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ceremony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ritual; celebratory observation |
| Synonyms: | ceremonial, commemoration, custom, formality, function, liturgy, observance, ordinance, parade, rite, sacrament, service, show, solemnity, tradition |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task, duty |
| Synonyms: | agency, appointment, authority, certificate, charge, consignment, delegation, deputation, diploma, embassy, employment, errand, function, instruction, mandate, mission, obligation, office, permit, proxy, trust, warrant, work, brevet, legation, power of attorney |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of interest, expertise |
| Synonyms: | activity, administration, assignment, avocation, bailiwick, berth, bureau, business, capacity, class, classification, domain, dominion, duty, field, function, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, office, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing, incumbency |
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, assignment |
| Synonyms: | burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, contract, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone*, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, part, province, role, service, station, string*, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work, committal, devoir, minding the store, ought, pains, taking care of business |
| Antonyms: | disregard, irresponsibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, business, calling, craft, employ, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, job, line, métier, mission, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, retaining, service, setup, situation, thing*, trade, using, vocation, work, awarding, carrying, commissioning, contracting, engagement in activity application, exercising, hiring, recruitment, servicing, signing on, taking on, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | event |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occurrence, happening |
| Synonyms: | accident, act, action, advent, adventure, affair, appearance, business, calamity, case, catastrophe, celebration, ceremony, chance, circumstance, coincidence, crisis, deed, development, emergency, episode, experience, exploit, fact, function, holiday, incident, juncture, marvel, matter, milestone, miracle, misfortune, mishap, mistake, occasion, occurrence, pass, phase, phenomenon, predicament, proceeding, shift, situation, story, thing*, tide, transaction, triumph, turn, wonder, conjuncture |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gala |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | festival |
| Synonyms: | affair, ball, bash, blast*, blowout*, carnival, celebration, dance, do, festivity, fete, fiesta, function, get-together, hop, jamboree, pageant, party, prom, roast, shindig*, to-do*, clambake, moveable feast, stag, wingding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gathering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assemblage, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | acquisition, affair, aggregate, aggregation, association, band, body, bunch, caucus, collection, company, concentration, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, crush, drove, flock, function, gain, get-together, group, heap, herd, horde, huddle, junction, knot, levy, mass, meet, meeting, muster, parley, party, pile, powwow*, rally, roundup, society, stock, stockpile, swarm, throng, turnout, union, clambake, social function |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | task |
| Synonyms: | act, action, affair, assignment, burden, business, care, charge, chore, commission, concern, contribution, deed, duty, effort, enterprise, errand, function, matter, mission, obligation, office, operation, project, province, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, thing*, tour of duty, undertaking, venture, work, devoir, taskwork |
| Antonyms: | fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, target |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, bull's eye, duty, end, function, object, objective, prey, purpose, use |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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