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office - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | appointment, berth, billet, capacity, charge, commission, connection, duty, employment, function, job, obligation, occupation, performance, place, post, province, responsibility, role, service, situation, spot, station, trust, work |
| Main Entry: | office |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of business |
| Synonyms: | agency, building, bureau, cave*, center, department, facility, factory, foundry, room, setup, shop, store, suite, warehouse, salt mines, workstation |
| Antonyms: | home |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | archives |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where records are stored |
| Synonyms: | library, museum, office, repository, storage, treasury, vault, athenaeum, registry |
| Main Entry: | cubicle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | office compartment |
| Synonyms: | booth, cell, chamber, cubbyhole, desk, nook, office, pigeonhole, room, stall, work area |
| Main Entry: | depot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | storage place; station |
| Synonyms: | annex, armory, base, depository, destination, garage, haven, junction, loft, lot, magazine, office, repository, store, storehouse, storeroom, terminal, waiting room, warehouse, yard, halting-place, stopping-place, terminus |
| Main Entry: | echelon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, level |
| Synonyms: | degree, file, grade, line, office, place, position, queue, rank, row, string, tier |
| 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: | personnel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employees of business or other enterprise |
| Synonyms: | cadre, corps, crew, faculty, group, human resources, office, organization, people, shop, staff, troop, work force, helpers, members, men and women, troops, workers |
| Notes: | personal means concerning or affecting a particular person; personnel are the people employed by or active in an organization, business, or service |
| Main Entry: | premises |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | grounds and buildings |
| Synonyms: | campus, establishment, fix, flat, hangout*, home, house, joint*, land, lay, layout, neck of the woods, office, pad, place, plant, property, real estate*, roof, scene, site, spot, terrace, turf, zone, bounds, digs, limits |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, charge, colony, concern, county, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone, champaign, demesne, shire |
| 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: | white-collar |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | non-manual |
| Synonyms: | clerical, executive, office, professional, salaried |
| Main Entry: | agency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | organization, often business-related |
| Synonyms: | bureau, company, department, firm, office |
| Main Entry: | branch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | department |
| Synonyms: | annex, arm, bureau, category, chapter, classification, connection, dependency, derivative, division, extension, local, member, office, outpost, part, portion, section, subdivision, subsidiary, tributary, wing, subsection |
| Antonyms: | company |
| Main Entry: | bureau |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | branch of an organization |
| Synonyms: | agency, authority, board, commission, committee, department, division, front office*, office, service, setup, shop, store, salt mines |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clerical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secretarial |
| Synonyms: | accounting, bookkeeping, office, subordinate, written, clerkish, clerkly, pink collar, scribal, stenographic, typing, white collar |
| 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: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| 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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