In business today, too many executives spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't need, to impress people they don't even like.
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Business
//ˈbɪz.nɪs//
Synonyms for "business" (247 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (74)
commitmentcompagniecompanyconcernconcernmentconglomerateconglomerate corporationconsolidating companyconsortiumcontractcopartnershipcorporate bodycorporationcraftcustomdealdealingdealingsdedicationdeference
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devoirdevotiondingusdiversified corporationdofunnydoingdoingsdoodadduties and responsibilitiesdutyeffortemployemployeremploymentengagemententerpriseestablishmentethicsfair tradefealtyfinancefirmfree tradefunctiongadgetgaggamegizmogoings ongoings-onhamhammy actinghandicrafthokehokumholding companyhomagehootenannyhouseimperativeimpersonationindustrialindustryintercourseinterestissuejiggerjob
Related words (123)
Noun(6 words)
joint-stock associationjoint-stock companylaborlifeworklineline of businessline of dutyline of worklookoutloyaltymarketmarketingmattermercantilemercantile businessmerchantmerchantrymetiermilitancymimesis
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mimickingmimicrymimingmissionmotionmovementmultilateral trademummerymustmysterynumberobligationoccasionsofficeonusoperating companyoperationorganizationoughtoutfitoveractingpalaverpantomimingpartnershippatterperformanceperformingpersonationplaceplanplayactingplayingplunderbundpointpolitical activismpoolportrayalpracticeproblemproceedingproceedingsprofessionprogramprojectprojectionpropositionproprietorshipprovincepublicpublic utilitypursuitquestionracketreciprocal traderepresentationrespectresponsibilityrestraint of traderetailroleself-imposed dutyserviceslapsticksmall businessspecializationspecialtystage businessstage directionsstage presencestirstock companystuntsubjectsyndicatetaking a roletaskthe business worldthe marketplacethingthingumajigtopictradetrade associationtradingtraffictransactiontrucktrustundertakingunilateral tradeutilityventurevocationwalkwalk of lifewholesalework
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Antonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
6 entriescapable of
6 entriesderived
173 entriesShowing 16 of 173 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
7 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
12 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
114 entriesShowing 16 of 114 words.
used for
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
359 translations across 77 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- biznes noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompani noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐργασία noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Arabic
4 entries- بزنيس noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- تِجَارَة noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- رعايَة noun (patronage)
- شغل noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Armenian
2 entries- բիզնես noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ձեռնարկություն noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- biznes noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- şirkət noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Belarusian
2 entries- бі́знэс noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- прадпрые́мства noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Bengali
2 entries- কারবার noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ব্যবসা noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Bulgarian
2 entries- би́знес noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- предприя́тие noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Burmese
4 entries- ကိစ္စ noun (particular situation or activity)
- ကုမ္ပဏီ noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- လုပ်ငန်း noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- အလုပ် noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Catalan
3 entries- companyia noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- empresa noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- negoci noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 事業 /事业 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 企業 /企业 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 商業 /商业 noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- 買賣 /买卖 noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Czech
4 entries- byznys noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- obchod noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- podnik noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- věc noun (something involving one personally)
Danish
3 entries- branche noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- forretning noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- forretning noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Dutch
4 entries- bedrijf noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- businessclass noun (business class)
- klandizie noun (patronage)
- onderneming noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Esperanto
4 entries- afero noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- entrepreno noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- establo noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firmao noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Estonian
4 entries- bisnis noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ettevõte noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompanii noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Finnish
4 entries- ala noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- ala noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- ammatti noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- asia noun (particular situation or activity)
French
4 entries- affaire noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- compagnie noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- entreprise noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firme noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Friulian
1 entries- negozi noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Galician
1 entries- negocio noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Georgian
4 entries- ბიზნესი noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- კომპანია noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- საწარმო noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ფირმა noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
German
4 entries- Angelegenheit noun (something involving one personally)
- Firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- Geschäft noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- Geschäft noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Greek
3 entries- επιχείρηση noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- εταιρία noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- εταιρεία noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Hebrew
4 entries- עִנְיָן noun (particular situation or activity)
- עִנְיָן noun (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with)
- עִנְיָן noun (something involving one personally)
- עֵסֶק noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Hindi
4 entries- वाणिज्य noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- वाणिज्य noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- वाणिज्यिक noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- व्यवसाय noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Hungarian
2 entries- ügy noun (particular situation or activity)
- üzlet noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Interlingua
2 entries- affaires noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- negotios noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Irish
3 entries- gnó noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- gnó noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- gnólacht noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Italian
3 entries- affari noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- azienda noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- compagnia noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Japanese
4 entries- 事業 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 企業 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 取引 noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- 商い noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Kazakh
4 entries- бизнес noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- компания noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- кәсіпорын noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- фирма noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Khmer
4 entries- ជំនួញ noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- ជំនួញ noun (private commercial interests taken collectively)
- បរិស័ទ noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- សហគ្រាស noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Korean
3 entries- 기업 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 사업 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- 업무 noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Kyrgyz
4 entries- бизнес noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ишкана noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- компания noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- фирма noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Lao
2 entries- ທຸລະກິດ noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ບໍລິສັດ noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Latin
1 entries- negōtium noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Latvian
4 entries- bizness noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- bizness noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompānija noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Lithuanian
4 entries- bendrovė noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- biznis noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompanija noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pśedawarnja noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Macedonian
4 entries- бизнис noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- де́јност noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- занимање noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- промет noun (volume or amount of commercial trade)
Malagasy
4 entries- kanonkanona noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kanonkanona noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- raharaha noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- tadidy noun (something involving one personally)
Malay
1 entries- perniagaan noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Maltese
3 entries- negozjant noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- negozjanta noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- negozju noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡥᡡᡩ᠋ᠠ noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Mongolian
4 entries- ажил хэрэг noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- бизнес noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- компани noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- фирм noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Māori
1 entries- pakihi noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Navajo
4 entries- anaanish noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- anaanish noun (private commercial interests taken collectively)
- naʼiiniʼ noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- naʼiiniʼ noun (private commercial interests taken collectively)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- shuhuli noun (something involving one personally)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- anliggende noun (something involving one personally)
- business noun (action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing)
- forretning noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- sak noun (something involving one personally)
Occitan
2 entries- entrepresa noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- negòci noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- امر noun (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with)
- امر noun (something involving one personally)
Persian
4 entries- بنگاه تجاری noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- بیاوار noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- بیزنس noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- تجارتخانه noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Jeschaft noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Polish
4 entries- biznes noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- biznes noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- biznes noun (business class)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Portuguese
4 entries- empresa noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- negócio noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- negócio noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- negócio noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Romanian
4 entries- afacere noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- afacere noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- companie noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firmă noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Russian
4 entries- би́знес noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- би́знес noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- де́ло noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- де́ло noun (particular situation or activity)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompanija noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- poduzeće noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- preduzeće noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Sherpa
1 entries- ཚོང noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Sicilian
4 entries- chi fari noun (particular situation or activity)
- chi fari noun (something involving one personally)
- chi-fari noun (particular situation or activity)
- mpidugghiu noun (objective or a matter needing to be dealt with)
Sinhalese
1 entries- ව්යාපාර noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Slovak
4 entries- biznis noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- biznis noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- biznis noun (volume or amount of commercial trade)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Slovene
1 entries- podjetje noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Spanish
4 entries- afer noun (something involving one personally)
- aferes noun (something involving one personally)
- asunto noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- asunto noun (something involving one personally)
Swahili
4 entries- biashara noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- biashara noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- biashara noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- biashara noun (volume or amount of commercial trade)
Swedish
4 entries- affär noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- affär noun (something involving one personally)
- affärer noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- affärsklass noun (business class)
Tagalog
1 entries- negosyo noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Tajik
1 entries- ширкат noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Telugu
1 entries- వ్యాపారము noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Thai
3 entries- กงกาง noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- ธุรกิจ noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- บริษัท noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Tibetan
3 entries- ཕྱག་ལས noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- ཚོང་ལས noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- ལས་ཀ noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
Turkish
4 entries- görev noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- hacet noun (slang: excrement)
- iş noun (occupation, work or trade of a person)
- iş noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
Ukrainian
4 entries- бі́знес noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- бізнес noun (commercial, industrial or professional activity)
- ді́ло noun (something involving one personally)
- підприє́мство noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Urdu
2 entries- ویاپار noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- کاروبار noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Uzbek
4 entries- biznes noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- firma noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- kompaniya noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- shirkat noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Vietnamese
2 entries- doanh nghiệp noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
- doanh thương noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Volapük
1 entries- büsid noun (commercial enterprise or establishment)
Sample sentences
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It is high time you started a new business.
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You should attend to your own business.
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You should go about your business.
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