job

1 an assignment at which one regularly works for pay a high-paying job as a banker Synonyms appointment, berth, billet, capacity, connection, function, place, position, post, situation Related Words 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 avocation; joblessness, unemployment

2 a piece of work that needs to be done regularly taking the trash out is one of my jobs Synonyms assignment, duty, chore, taskRelated Words 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 assignment, brief, business, charge, detail, mission, operation, postRelated Words 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 business, capacity, function, role, part, place, position, purpose, task, workRelated Words 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 bear, beast, headache, chore, killer, laborRelated Words drudgery, grind, heavy lifting, lucubration; effort, strain, sweat; burden, load, weight; bother, nuisance, troubleNear Antonyms breeze, child's play, cinch, duck soup, kid stuff, setup, snap