LIFEWORK Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

lifework

noun

Definition of lifework

as in work

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Recent Examples of lifework Love ’em or not, Gloria Steinem and Dolly Parton brought undeniable talent, commitment, and joy to their lifework. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026 Spreading that message is Bigtree’s lifework. — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 Four years after Farmer’s death, Clinton reflects on preserving her mentor’s lifework in health care and remembers his tender tenacity. — Chelsea Clinton, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026 How an accident led to a career Pruitt came to his lifework literally by accident. — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024 From a restricted viewing area not far away, Louise Prockter, a graceful scientist with sandy hair, glanced at a countdown clock and then back at the rocket, which carried her lifework. — David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2024

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Noun

Yet he was accused of failing to do his work as recently as November, detained in a neighboring village over rainfall that disrupted an important ceremony.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
The top is varied enough in design enough to wear with jeans, a skirt, or your favorite work trousers.

— Jessie Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of work

Noun

Fitoussi, who also made a film championing the background players with The Extras, creates a witty and actually poignant look at the profession where real talent so often goes unrecognized and unappreciated.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026
Zahnd was awarded Missouri’s Prosecutor of the Year award in 2014 for pushing to establish best practices for the profession.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of profession

Noun

The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
For their critics, understanding it as a response to the brutal occupation precluded calling it evil.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of occupation

Noun

All across Arkansas, workers in health care, logistics, manufacturing, and education are organizing to confront rising living costs and demand fair compensation.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026
This shimmering, sonorous work, from one of our greatest living directors, moves through the peculiar landscapes of human interaction with certainty, eccentricity and grace, alighting on a generous if rueful conclusion.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of living

Noun

And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
For the past four years, the Kremlin’s mission has been to convince Russians that the war is anything but an emergency.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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