Synonyms and Antonyms of business
1
transactions or economic support provided by customers
- only places that are equal opportunity employers will get my business
2
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
- most of the local businesses belong to the association
3
something to be dealt with
- we have one piece of business remaining for today's meeting
consideration, issue, problem
crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, exigency, flash point, head, juncture, strait, zero hour
concern, trouble, worry
care, lookout, responsibility
deadlock, halt, impasse, stalemate, standstill
corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, pickle, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot
4
the buying and selling of goods especially on a large scale and between different places
- this bookstore is a place of business, not a free library, so please do your reading elsewhere
5
the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists
- plants going about the business of photosynthesis provide the Earth with a renewable source of oxygen
affair, concern, hand, involvement, participation
niche, office, post, situation
calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation
activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use
6
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence
- if you want a medical malpractice lawyer, he's the best in the business
area, arena, bailiwick, barony, circle, demesne, department, discipline, domain, element, fief, fiefdom, field, firmament, front, game, kingdom, line, precinct, province, realm, specialty, sphere, terrain, walk
frontier
study, subject
territory, turf
occupation, profession, pursuit, racket, vocation
ambit, amplitude, breadth, compass, confine, dimension(s), extent, ken, reach, scope, sweep, width
subfield, subspecialty
7
a specific task with which a person or group is charged
- the interrogators demanded to know what business the suspect had in the restricted area at that time of night
burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibility
errand, labor, work
commitment, pledge, promise
appointment, commission, designation, nomination
compulsion, constraint, restraint
8
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another
- the price for giving the drug lord the business was certain death
backstabbing, betrayal, disloyalty, double cross, faithlessness, falseness, falsity, infidelity, perfidy, sellout, treachery, treason, two-timing, unfaithfulness
abandonment, desertion
deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, two-facedness
fraud, informing, lying, snitching, talebearing, trickery
