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| 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: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning, ambitiousness, fire in the belly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | niche |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place all one's own |
| Synonyms: | alcove, calling, compartment, corner, cranny*, cubbyhole*, hole, hollow, indentation, nook, opening, pigeonhole*, position, recess, slot, vocation, byplace |
* = 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: | 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: | line of work |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | activity by which one earns money |
| Synonyms: | business, calling, career, department, employment, field, job, life's work, line, line of business, occupation, practice, profession, pursuit, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| 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: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
| Synonyms: | bag*, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket*, specialty, trade, vocation, work, biz, what one is into |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Antonyms: | avocation, recreation, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, field, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket*, specialty, thing*, vocation, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | employment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working for a living; |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, business, calling, craft, employ, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exertion, field, function, game*, hire, job, line, métier, mission, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, retaining, service, setup, situation, thing*, trade, using, vocation, work, awarding, carrying, commissioning, contracting, engagement in activity application, exercising, hiring, recruitment, servicing, signing on, taking on, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inactivity, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment |
| Synonyms: | activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind, engagement, faculty, function, gig*, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, métier, means, niche, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work, nine-to-five, posting |
| Antonyms: | unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profession, business |
| Synonyms: | activity, affair, calling, craft, daily grind, do, dodge*, employment, game*, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, métier, moonlight, play*, post, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life*, work, chosen work, day gig, grindstone, nine-to-five, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of interest, expertise |
| Synonyms: | activity, administration, assignment, avocation, bailiwick, berth, bureau, business, capacity, class, classification, domain, dominion, duty, field, function, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, office, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing, incumbency |
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