Synonyms of vocation

vocation

noun

vō-ˈkā-shən 

1

as in profession

the activity by which one regularly makes a living

finally made sculpting her vocation instead of just a hobby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• profession
• occupation
• work
• employment
• line
• calling
• job
• trade
• game
• duty
• mission
• business
• living
• task
• lay
• livelihood
• position
• assignment
• art
• place
• lifework
• enterprise
• call
• métier
• engagement
• field
• situation
• office
• racket
• function
• craft
• gig
• handicraft
• appointment
• post
• workload
• handcraft
• load
• billet
• berth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pursuit
• hobby
• avocation

2

as in fraternity

the body of people in a profession or field of activity

she says that although she respects certain journalists, she despises the vocation

politics has its honest and its dishonest practitioners, just like any other vocation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• profession
• fraternity
• corps
• community
• brotherhood
• association
• society
• fellowship
• organization
• federation
• sodality
• calling
• guild
• club

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vocation

He was dressed like a director, in blacks and blues—jeans, baseball cap, puffer coat, Hokas—but spoke and moved at the unhurried pace of a novelist, his original vocation. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Smaller trade and vocation programs lack these same resources, Sigelman said. — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Here suit making is both an art form and a vocation, and the experience of buying one is positively theatrical. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Beyond the jockeying for credit among the AI vanguard and the implications for the future of mathematics as a human vocation, there’s a mathematical issue. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

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