Occupation synonyms
Category:
chosen work
A vocation
Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.
job (related)
The object to be worked on:
profession (related)
The definition of a profession is a job, or what you do for a living.
The state of being an employee; employment.
The period of time during which one rents, owns, or in some way possesses property.
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An occupation, profession, or career.
trade (related)
Trade is defined as the general marketplace of buying and selling goods, the way you make a living or the act of exchanging or buying and selling something.
The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements:
A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder.
An entering or being entered by an attacking military force
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Transactions and other matters of professional or public business:
A device used to adjust or control
A habitual practice, such as drug use.
(Law) A court decision serving as a precedent for subsequent cases:
métier
Activity pursued as a livelihood
occupied (related)
settlement (related)
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tenure (related)
emigration (related)
territory (related)
attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
capture (related)
The definition of capture means the act of taking control of or something that has been caught.
ownership (related)
Ownership is the legal right to possess something.
title (related)
(Sports & Games) A championship:
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Serious work or endeavor:
(Economics) The number or percentage of people at work
employment.business
Activity pursued as a livelihood
A colony or settlement
Tenure of office
The definition of an industry is any large-scale business activity or a type of productive manufacture or trade.
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity. [from earlier 17th c.]
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Means of living or of supporting life; subsistence
Pursuit is the act of following something, either to catch it or to engage in a specific activity.
(Economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
Vocation is defined as a call to do something, especially regarding religious work.
Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task:
entertainment (antonym)
An entertaining or being entertained
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hobby (antonym)
An activity or interest pursued outside one's regular occupation and engaged in primarily for pleasure.
fun (antonym)
The definition of fun is something that brings pleasure, joy or playfulness.
yielding (antonym)
surrender (antonym)
Delivery into the possession of another, such as vacating of property by the tenant before the lease has terminated so that the landlord may consider termination to have occurred; the giving up of a claim or a right; yielding to the control or power of another; the return of an estate to the one who has a reversion so as to merge the estate into a larger one.
giving-up (antonym)
seizure, takeover
action (related)
Manner of movement:
military control
the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
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moving in
the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
Find another word for occupation. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for occupation, like: chosen work, art, craft, job, profession, employ, occupancy, calling, place, entering and trade.