Synonyms of jobs

jobs 1 of 2

noun

plural of job

1

as in positions

an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

a high-paying job as a banker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• positions
• posts
• places
• employments
• situations
• appointments
• functions
• connections
• capacities
• billets
• employs
• berths
• occupations
• professions
• offices
• careers
• businesses
• works
• vocations
• postings
• services
• tasks
• spots
• duties
• pursuits
• trades
• livelihoods
• callings
• gigs
• missions
• engagements
• practices
• rackets
• livings
• lines
• lifeworks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• avocations
• unemployments

2

as in tasks

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly

taking the trash out is one of my jobs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tasks
• duties
• assignments
• projects
• chores
• responsibilities
• missions
• functions
• errands
• operations
• enterprises
• endeavors
• offices
• posts
• undertakings
• stints
• commissions
• care
• routes
• chares
• rounds
• circuits
• charges

3

as in missions

a specific task with which a person or group is charged

your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• missions
• assignments
• duties
• operations
• responsibilities
• posts
• requirements
• businesses
• details
• obligations
• briefs
• offices
• charges
• works
• needs
• chores
• errands
• commitments
• burdens
• appointments
• promises
• labors
• commissions
• constraints
• nominations
• designations
• restraints
• pledges
• compulsions

4

as in roles

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, and this overpriced machine doesn't do it very well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roles
• tasks
• purposes
• functions
• parts
• works
• positions
• places
• businesses
• capacities
• missions
• occupations
• activities
• hands
• vocations
• duties
• offices
• services
• situations
• concerns
• responsibilities
• involvements
• affairs
• posts
• assignments
• participations
• pursuits
• callings
• niches
• uses
• employs
• commissions
• charges

5

as in headaches

a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work

boy, doing all that filing was a real job

Synonyms & Similar Words

• headaches
• efforts
• killers
• chores
• burdens
• beasts
• loads
• bears
• labors
• nuisances
• troubles
• weights
• drudgeries
• strains
• heavy liftings
• lucubrations
• sweats
• grinds
• bothers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• setups
• breezes
• kid stuff
• snaps
• duck soup
• cinches
• child's play

jobs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of job

as in apprentices

Related Words

• apprentices
• partners
• contracts
• recruits
• hires
• fees
• subcontracts
• signs (up or on)
• places
• employs
• pays
• rehires
• takes on
• retains
• lays on
• assumes
• engages
• upgrades
• reemploys
• reengages
• enlists
• advances
• keeps (on)
• promotes
• headhunts
• scouts

Dissimilar Words

• furloughs
• cans
• fires
• axes
• locks out
• lays off
• discharges
• dismisses
• sacks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jobs

Noun

On employment, the United States had nearly 159 million jobs in June, not including farmworkers, which was a record. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Economists’ estimated monthly employment gains of 95,000 jobs would mark an increase from June’s lower-than-expected 57,000 jobs added. — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Hardworking people whose jobs have never provided health benefits and who have long purchased coverage on their own, only to find premiums and out-of-pocket costs becoming unsustainable. — Rocky McCormick, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026

The backup jobs are up for grabs, though, and Monk — who can also play center — appears to be in good shape to claim a spot on the 53-man roster. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

The job fair is expected to draw around 650 organizations hiring for 66,000 jobs, Van Duyne said. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

Ten million jobs are tied to cars, parts and dealers — the economic backbone of entire regions that have no obvious fallback. — Philipp Kampshoff, Fortune, 30 July 2026