| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profession, business |
Synonyms: |
activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
| 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: | work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | labor, chore |
Synonyms: |
assignment, attempt, commission, daily grind, drudge, drudgery, effort, elbow grease, endeavor, exertion, functioning, grind, grindstone, industry, job, moil, muscle, obligation, pains, performance, production, push, salt mines, servitude, slogging, stint, stress, striving, struggle, sweat*, task, toil, travail, trial, trouble, undertaking |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun, pastime |
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
acting, afoot, bureaucratic, businesslike, busy, clerical, functional, going on, in hand, in one's hand, industrial, mercative, official, on foot, on hand, on one's hands, on the anvil, professional, work
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