| 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: | 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, incumbency, jurisdiction, line, niche, occupation, office, province, realm, responsibility, slot, specialty, sphere, spot, station, vocation, walk of life, wing |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | profession, business |
Synonyms: |
activity, affair, calling, chosen work, craft, daily grind, day gig, do, dodge*, employment, game*, grindstone, hang*, job, lick*, line, line of work, moonlight, métier, nine-to-five, play*, post, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun, hobby, pastime |
| Main Entry: | profession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line of work requiring academic or practical preparation |
Synonyms: |
art, avocation, berth, billet, biz, business, calling, career, chosen work, concern, craft, dodge*, employment, engagement, field, game*, handicraft, lifework, line of work, line*, métier, occupation, office, position, post, pursuit, rat race, role, service, situation, slot, specialty, sphere, thing*, trade, undertaking, vocation, walk of life |
Antonyms: |
avocation, entertainment, fun, hobby |
| Main Entry: | sphere |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | domain of influence |
Synonyms: |
bailiwick, capacity, champaign, circle, class, compass, demesne, department, dominion, employment, field, function, ground, jungle, jurisdiction, level, neck of the woods, orbit, pale, position, precinct, province, range, rank, realm, scope, station, stomping ground, stratum, terrain, territory, turf*, walk of life, zone |
| 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: | occupation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
acting, afoot, bureaucratic, businesslike, busy, clerical, functional, going on, in hand, in one's hand, industrial, mercative, official, on foot, on hand, on one's hands, on the anvil, professional, work
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