Occupation synonyms

ŏk'yə-pā'shən

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chosen work
A vocation
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art
Products of this activity; imaginative works considered as a group:
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craft
An occupation or trade requiring manual dexterity or skilled artistry.
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job (related)
The object to be worked on:
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profession (related)
The definition of a profession is a job, or what you do for a living.
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employ
The state of being an employee; employment.
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occupancy
The period of time during which one rents, owns, or in some way possesses property.
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seizure
A sudden attack, spasm, or convulsion, as in epilepsy or another disorder.
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invasion
An entering or being entered by an attacking military force
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calling
An occupation, profession, or career.
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affair
Transactions and other matters of professional or public business:
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control
A device used to adjust or control
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use
A habitual practice, such as drug use.
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rule
(Law) A court decision serving as a precedent for subsequent cases:
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métier
Activity pursued as a livelihood
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place (related)
A role or purpose; a station.
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entering
Action of the verb to enter
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capture (related)
The definition of capture means the act of taking control of or something that has been caught.
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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.
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career
The general course or progression of one's working life or one's professional achievements:
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incumbency
Tenure of office
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occupied (related)
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settlement (related)
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tenure (related)
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emigration (related)
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territory (related)
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attack (related)
The experience or beginning of a feeling, need, or desire:
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ownership (related)
Ownership is the legal right to possess something.
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title (related)
(Sports & Games) A championship:
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business
Serious work or endeavor:
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employment
(Economics) The number or percentage of people at work
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employment.business
Activity pursued as a livelihood
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habitation
A colony or settlement
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industry
The definition of an industry is any large-scale business activity or a type of productive manufacture or trade.
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line
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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livelihood
Means of living or of supporting life; subsistence
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pursuit
Pursuit is the act of following something, either to catch it or to engage in a specific activity.
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racket
A loud noise.
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takeover
(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.
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vocation
Vocation is defined as a call to do something, especially regarding religious work.
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work
Something that one is doing, making, or performing, especially as an occupation or undertaking; a duty or task:
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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.
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fun (antonym)
The definition of fun is something that brings pleasure, joy or playfulness.
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yielding (antonym)
A concession
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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.
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giving-up (antonym)
seizure, takeover
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action (related)
Manner of movement:
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military control
the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power
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pastime (antonym)
That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion; games.
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moving in
the act of occupying or taking possession of a building
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line of work
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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  • There's no doubt about her occupation now, is there?

  • The Pont des Trous over the Scheldt, with towers at each end, was built in 1290, and among many other interesting buildings there are some old houses still in occupation which date back to the 13th century.

  • Since the British occupation Valletta has been a naval and military station of the first importance.

  • His first known occupation was that of a glass-painter; in 1522 he painted windows for the church at Enkhuizen, North Holland (the birthplace of Paul Potter).

  • At the same time negotiations took place with Great Britain for an Italian occupation of Massawa, and Mancini, dreaming of a vast Anglo-Italian enterprise against the Mahdi, expatiated in.

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