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profession - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | profession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line of work requiring academic or practical preparation |
| Synonyms: | art, avocation, berth, billet, business, calling, career, concern, craft, dodge*, employment, engagement, field, game*, handicraft, lifework, line*, line of work*, métier, occupation, office, position, post, pursuit, rat race*, role, service, situation, slot*, specialty, sphere, thing*, trade, undertaking, vocation, walk of life*, biz, chosen work |
| Antonyms: | avocation, entertainment, fun, hobby |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | profession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, affirmation, assertion, avowal, claim, confession, pretense, statement, testimony, vow, attestation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | alibi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence |
| Synonyms: | account, affirmation, allegation, answer, assertion, assurance, avowal, case, cover, declaration, excuse, explanation, fish story*, justification, plea, pretext, profession, proof, reason, reply, retort, song and dance*, stall, statement, vindication, airtight case, cop-out |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allegation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assertion placing blame |
| Synonyms: | accusation, affirmation, avowal, charge, claim, declaration, deposition, plea, profession, statement, asservation, overment |
| Main Entry: | assertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration, positive statement |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, asservation, attestation, avowal, contention, defense, insistence, maintenance, mouthful, okay, predication, profession, pronouncement, report, say so, stamp of approval, stressing, two cents' worth, vindication |
| Antonyms: | denial, rejection |
| Main Entry: | claim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | property, right demanded or reserved |
| Synonyms: | affirmation, allegation, application, assertion, birthright, call, case, declaration, demand, dibs, due, entreaty, interest, lien, part, petition, plea, prerogative, pretense, pretension, privilege, profession, reclamation, request, requirement, requisition, suit, title, ultimatum, counterclaim, postulation, protestation |
| Main Entry: | confession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance of information |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, affirmation, allowance, assertion, avowal, concession, declaration, disclosure, enumeration, exposé, exposure, narration, proclamation, profession, publication, recitation, relation, revelation, song*, squawk*, squeal*, statement, story, telling, utterance, assenting, disclosing, divulgence, making public, owning up, revealing, unbosoming |
| Antonyms: | concealment, cover, denial, secret, disavowal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | creed |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, principles |
| Synonyms: | articles of faith, canon, church, confession, conviction, cult, doctrine, dogma, faith, ideology, persuasion, profession, religion, tenet, catechism, weltanschauung |
| Main Entry: | guild |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | association, fellowship |
| Synonyms: | club, company, corporation, federation, group, interest group, league, lodge, order, organization, profession, society, sodality, trade, union |
| Main Entry: | handicraft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artwork, skill |
| Synonyms: | achievement, art, calling, craft, creation, design, handiwork, invention, métier, product, production, profession, result, trade, vocation, artifact, artisanship, craftship |
| 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: | livelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | art, bread and butter, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, profession, racket*, rat race*, resources, slot, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, work, alimentation, nine-to-five, source of income, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | métier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | calling, chosen work, craft, day gig, employment, field, forte, job, line of work, one's specialty, profession, pursuit, racket*, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life*, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent to do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, know-how*, line, makings, moxie*, one's thing, profession, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff*, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts*, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | specialty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | distinctive feature; concentration |
| Synonyms: | career, cup of tea*, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit*, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, occupation, practice, profession, pursuit, racket*, special, thing*, vocation, weakness, work, claim to fame, distinguishing feature, field of concentration, object of attention, object of study, pièce de résistance, special project, speciality |
| Antonyms: | generalization |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tenet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, principle |
| Synonyms: | article of faith, assumption, canon, conception, conviction, credo, creed, doctrine, dogma, faith, impression, maxim, opinion, persuasion, position, precept, presumption, profession, rule, system, teaching, thesis, trust, view, self-conviction |
| Main Entry: | testimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | declaration about truth; proof |
| Synonyms: | affidavit, affirmation, avowal, confirmation, data, demonstration, deposition, evidence, facts, grounds, illustration, indication, information, manifestation, profession, statement, submission, substantiation, support, testament, verification, witness, attestation, corroboration, documentation |
| 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: | vow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | promise |
| Synonyms: | assertion, oath, pledge, profession, troth, word of honor, affiance, asseveration |
| Antonyms: | breach, break |
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