life's work

NOUN

calling

Synonyms

STRONG

art business career craft do dodge employment gig go handicraft hang lifework line mission occupation play province pursuit racket slot swindle trade vocation work

WEAK

day gig metier métier nine-to-five rat race walk of life

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation surrender unemployment

WEAK

amusement hobby

NOUN

line of work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

line of business profession

WEAK

business calling career department employment field job line occupation practice pursuit trade vocation walk of life work

NOUN

walk of life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

profession

WEAK

calling chosen career lifework line of business mission occupation practice trade vocation

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He also was guided by Goethe’s fervent prayer: “O, lofty Spirit, suffer me The end of my life’s-work to see!”

From Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians by Nohl, Louis

Those things constituted the disciples' qualification for being sent, and these things were themselves—even apart from the Master's words—their sending out on their future life's-work.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI by Maclaren, Alexander

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