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businesses

NOUN

job, profession

Synonyms

STRONGEST

employment field trade work

STRONG

bag biz calling career craft dodge function game line livelihood occupation pursuit racket specialty vocation

WEAK

métier what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

entertainment fun pastime

STRONG

amusement avocation hobby recreation surrender

WEAK

unemployment

NOUN

company, enterprise

Synonyms

STRONGEST

corporation factory firm house institution market organization partnership shop store venture

STRONG

cartel concern establishment mill monopoly outfit setup syndicate trust

WEAK

Mom and Pop fly-by-night operation megacorp shoestring operation

Antonyms

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

NOUN

commerce, trade

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deal industry manufacturing market trading transaction

STRONG

affairs bargaining barter commercialism contracts dealings exchange game industrialism merchandising racket sales selling traffic undertaking

WEAK

buying and selling capital and labor free enterprise production and distribution

Antonyms

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

NOUN

personal concern

Synonyms

STRONGEST

interest issue problem

STRONG

affair assignment beeswax duty function happening lookout matter palaver point question responsibility subject task topic

WEAK

carrying on goings-on hanky-panky

Antonyms

STRONG

irresponsibility

WEAK

avocation recreation unemployment

Example Sentences

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The task force — made up of government agencies, scientists, businesses and community members — has already started to analyze bacteria data over the last 20 years at the pier.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Since many of these AI-related components are produced overseas, American businesses are ramping up imports.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Instead of nearly 100 new one- and two-bedroom units, the site today includes eight derelict apartments, a few small businesses and a vacant palm-reading shop.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

To do so, it can lift or lower interest rates in a bid to change how households and businesses use their money.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

By the 1850s, the canal and the railroads were drawing a throng of new businesses to Chicago.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield