occupations

NOUN

profession, business

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity affair

STRONG

calling craft do dodge employment game grindstone hang job lick line moonlight play post pursuit racket slot thing trade vocation work

WEAK

chosen work daily grind day gig line of work métier nine-to-five rat race walk of life what one is into

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation unemployment

WEAK

giving up hobby surrender yielding

NOUN

control, possession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ownership settlement

STRONG

habitation holding inhabitancy inhabitation occupancy residence tenancy tenure title use

Antonyms

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime surrender yielding

NOUN

seizure, takeover

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attack conquest invasion

STRONG

capture entering subjugation

WEAK

foreign rule

Antonyms

STRONGEST

retreat surrender

WEAK

entertainment fun giving up hobby pastime yielding

Example Sentences

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Occupations: Brittany is a microbiology researcher; Brandon is an industrial designer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2024

Occupations: Marisa is a physician assistant; Matt is a computer engineer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2024

Occupations: Juan is a consultant for water infrastructure; Hugo works in university administration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2024

The measure was on friendly turf Wednesday in the Senate Licensing and Occupations Committee, which easily approved it.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Occupations of Slavic and Jewish immigrants reporting employment, 1890 to 1910 191 LIX.

From Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 by Joseph, Samuel