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
• tasks
• services
• spots
• duties
• pursuits
• trades
• livelihoods
• gigs
• callings
• missions
• engagements
• practices
• rackets
• livings
• lines
• practises
• 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
• posts
• offices
• undertakings
• stints
• commissions
• care
• routes
• chars
• 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
• places
• positions
• businesses
• capacities
• missions
• vocations
• occupations
• duties
• hands
• rôles
• activities
• offices
• situations
• services
• responsibilities
• concerns
• affairs
• assignments
• posts
• involvements
• participations
• pursuits
• callings
• employs
• niches
• uses
• 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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of job

as in apprentices

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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