Unemployment Synonyms and Antonyms

ŭnĕm-ploimənt, -ĭm-
The state of being unemployed or not having a job
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. work stoppage
  2. lay off
  3. strike conditions
Antonyms:
  1. employment

Words Related to Unemployment

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. stopping
  2. inflation
  3. under-employment
  4. jobless
  5. underemployment
  6. inequality
  7. wage
  8. poverty
  9. deprivation
  10. worklessness
  11. joblessness
  12. economic-growth
  13. real wages

Unemployment Sentence Examples

  • The unemployment rate in Ouray was one-point-four.

  • Not everyone can get unemployment benefits.

  • You should not have a complacent attitude toward unemployment.

  • These communities have been affected by the decline of the deep mining industry, resulting in environmental dereliction, unemployment, and depopulation.

  • The Blair government reduced the unemployment figures by using intimidation at the job centers.

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