Synonyms for job

Synonyms for (noun) job

Synonyms: job

Definition: a damaging piece of work

Usage: dry rot did the job of destroying the barn; the barber did a real job on my hair

Similar words: work

Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something

Usage: she checked several points needing further work


Synonyms: job

Definition: the performance of a piece of work

Usage: she did an outstanding job as Ophelia; he gave it up as a bad job

Similar words: work

Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something

Usage: she checked several points needing further work


Synonyms: business, job, line, line of work, occupation

Definition: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Usage: he's not in my line of business

Similar words: activity

Definition: any specific behavior

Usage: they avoided all recreational activity


Synonyms: job

Definition: the responsibility to do something

Usage: it is their job to print the truth

Similar words: obligation, duty, responsibility

Definition: the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

Usage: we must instill a sense of duty in our children; every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty- John D.Rockefeller Jr


Synonyms: task, job, chore

Definition: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

Usage: estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars; the job of repairing the engine took several hours; the endless task of classifying the samples; the farmer's morning chores

Similar words: duty

Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

Usage: the duties of the job


Synonyms: job, caper

Definition: a crime (especially a robbery)

Usage: the gang pulled off a bank job in St. Louis

Similar words: robbery

Definition: larceny by threat of violence


Synonyms: job

Definition: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";

Similar words: work, workplace

Definition: a place where work is done

Usage: he arrived at work early today


Synonyms: job

Definition: an object worked on; a result produced by working

Usage: he held the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right

Similar words: product, production

Definition: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process

Usage: they improve their product every year; they export most of their agricultural production


Synonyms: Book of Job, Job

Definition: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

Similar words: book

Definition: a major division of a long written composition

Usage: the book of Isaiah


Synonyms: job

Definition: (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

Similar words: application, application program, applications programme

Definition: a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task

Usage: he has tried several different word processing applications


Synonyms: Job

Definition: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

Similar words: unfortunate, unfortunate person

Definition: a person who suffers misfortune


Synonyms: Job

Definition: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

Similar words: hero

Definition: a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength

Usage: RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain


Synonyms: problem, job

Definition: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

Usage: she and her husband are having problems; it is always a job to contact him; urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog

Similar words: difficulty

Definition: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

Usage: grappling with financial difficulties


Synonyms for (verb) job

Synonyms: speculate, job

Definition: invest at a risk

Usage: I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating

Similar words: commit, invest, put, place

Definition: make an investment

Usage: Put money into bonds


Synonyms: job

Definition: work occasionally

Usage: As a student I jobbed during the semester breaks

Similar words: do work, work

Definition: be employed

Usage: Is your husband working again?; My wife never worked; Do you want to work after the age of 60?; She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money; She works as a waitress to put herself through college


Synonyms: subcontract, job, farm out

Definition: arranged for contracted work to be done by others

Similar words: hire, employ, engage

Definition: engage or hire for work

Usage: They hired two new secretaries in the department; How many people has she employed?


Synonyms: job

Definition: profit privately from public office and official business

Similar words: cheat, chisel

Definition: engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

Usage: Who's chiseling on the side?


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