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mission - 20 thesaurus results
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: 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: contingent
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: group of followers
Synonyms: batch, body, bunch, deputation, detachment, mission, quota, sect, section, set, disciples
Main Entry: embassy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: residence, offices of overseas representatives
Synonyms: commission, committee, consulate, delegation, ministry, mission, consular office, diplomatic office, legation
Notes: embassy originally had the spelling variant ambassy and is based on Latin ambactus 'servant'; an embassy is the one entity maintained by a foreign country by each nation, whereas a consulate may be situated in a number of cities of a foreign country
Main Entry: errand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: task
Synonyms: assignment, charge, commission, duty, job, message, mission
Main Entry: goal
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: aim, purpose of an action
Synonyms: ambition, design, destination, duty, end, intent, intention, limit, mark, mission, object, objective, target, use, zero*, ground zero
Main Entry: lifework
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's calling
Synonyms: business, career, interest, mission, occupation, profession, purpose, pursuit, vocation, work
Antonyms: task
Main Entry: objective
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: aim, goal
Synonyms: ambition, aspiration, design, end, intention, mark, mission, object, purpose, target, zero*, end in view, ground zero
Main Entry: pilgrimage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: long journey
Synonyms: crusade, excursion, expedition, mission, tour, travel, trip, wayfaring
Antonyms: jaunt
Main Entry: quest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: search, exploration
Synonyms: adventure, chase, crusade, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, prey, probe, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage, delving, pilgrimmage, probing, pursual
Main Entry: sortie
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: armed attack
Synonyms: assault, charge, invasion, mission, offense, raid, rush, sally*, strike
Main Entry: task
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: job or chore, often assigned
Synonyms: assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, function, gig*, grind*, headache*, labor, load, millstone*, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work, deadweight, fun and games, grindstone, long row to hoe
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime
Main Entry: vocation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: life's work
Synonyms: art, business, calling, career, craft, do*, dodge*, duty, employment, field, game, handicraft, job, lifework, line*, métier, mission, occupation, office, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, role, thing*, trade, undertaking, line of business, nine-to-five
Antonyms: entertainment, fun, pastime
Main Entry: walk of life
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: line of work
Synonyms: calling, chosen career, life's work, lifework, line of business, mission, occupation, practice, profession, trade, vocation
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, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking, hap, office function
Main Entry: assignment
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: responsibility, task
Synonyms: appointment, beat, charge, chore, commission, drill, duty, job, mission, position, post, practice, stint, homework
Main Entry: church
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: religious institution, building
Synonyms: Lord's house, abbey, basilica, bethel, cathedral, chancel, chantry, chapel, fold, house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, minster, mission, mosque, oratory, parish, sacellum, sanctuary, shrine, synagogue, tabernacle, temple
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: concern
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: business, responsibility
Synonyms: affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo, megacorp, shooting match
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
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