Entry Word: job

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay <a high-paying job as a banker>

Synonyms appointment, berth, billet, capacity, function, place, position, post, situation

Related Words business, employment, occupation, profession; work; office, spot; calling, pursuit, vocation; line, racket; engagement; livelihood, living; assignment, mission, task

Near Antonyms avocation; joblessness, unemployment

2 a piece of work that needs to be done regularly <taking the trash out is one of my jobs> — see chore 1
3 a specific task with which a person or group is charged <your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes> — see mission
4 the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists <a coffeemaker's job is to make coffee> — see role