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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of job

1 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay

  • a high-paying job as a banker
Synonyms of job

appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situation
Words Related to job

business, employ, employment, occupation, profession

work

office, spot

calling, pursuit, trade, vocation

line, racket

engagement, gig

livelihood, living

career, lifework, practice (also practise)

duty, mission, posting, service, task
Near Antonyms of job

avocation

joblessness, unemployment

2 a piece of work that needs to be done regularly

  • taking the trash out is one of my jobs
Synonyms of job

assignment, chore, duty, task
Words Related to job

chare (or char)

endeavor, enterprise, project, stint, undertaking

care, charge, commission, responsibility

function, mission, office, operation, post

errand

circuit, round, route

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
Synonyms of job

assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, mission, operation, post
Words Related to job

burden, chore, duty, need, obligation, office, requirement, responsibility

errand, labor, work

commitment, pledge, promise

appointment, commission, designation, nomination

compulsion, constraint, restraint

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

business, capacity, function, part, place, position, purpose, role (also rôle), task, work
Words Related to job

affair, concern, hand, involvement, participation

niche, office, post, situation

calling, occupation, pursuit, vocation

activity, assignment, charge, commission, duty, employ, mission, responsibility, service, use

5 a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work

  • boy, doing all that filing was a real job
Synonyms of job

bear, beast, chore, headache, killer, labor
Words Related to job

drudgery, grind, heavy lifting, lucubration

effort, strain, sweat

burden, load, weight

bother, nuisance, trouble
Near Antonyms of job

breeze, childʼs play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, setup, snap

Synonym Discussion of job

task, duty, job, chore, stint, assignment mean a piece of work to be done. task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance.
    • charged with a variety of tasks
duty implies an obligation to perform or responsibility for performance.
    • the duties of a lifeguard
job applies to a piece of work voluntarily performed; it may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance.
    • the job of turning the company around
chore implies a minor routine activity necessary for maintaining a household or farm.
    • every child was assigned chores
stint implies a carefully allotted or measured quantity of assigned work or service.
    • a 2-month stint as a reporter
assignment implies a definite limited task assigned by one in authority.
    • a reporter's assignment

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