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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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