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job

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

calling, pursuit, trade, vocation

engagement, gig

livelihood, living

career, lifework, practice (also practise)

duty, mission, posting, service, task

Near Antonyms of job

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

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, child's 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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