His career prospects at the company are not too promising.
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Career
//kəˈɹɪə//
Synonyms for "career" (188 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (56)
Related words (94)
passagepastpitchpitch and plungeplungeplungingpostpracticepracticedpreparedprimedprofessionprofessionalprogressprogressionprogressivenesspromotionpursuitraceracket
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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
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16 entriesAntonyms
3 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
has context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
25 entriesShowing 16 of 25 words.
Translations
129 translations across 64 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- акариера noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Albanian
1 entries- karierë noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Arabic
2 entries- مَسِيرَة noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- مِهْنَة noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Armenian
2 entries- կարիերա noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- կարիերա noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- karyera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- mənsəb noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Belarusian
2 entries- кар'е́ра noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- кар'е́ра noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Bulgarian
4 entries- карие́р noun (a jouster's path during a joust)
- карие́ра noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- карие́ра noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- по́прище noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Catalan
2 entries- carrera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- carrera noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 生涯 noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- 職業 /职业 noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- 職業 /职业 noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Czech
3 entries- kariéra noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- hnát se verb (to move rapidly straight ahead)
- řítit se verb (to move rapidly straight ahead)
Danish
1 entries- karriere noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Dari
2 entries- حِرْفَه noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- کَسْب noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Dutch
2 entries- carrière noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- loopbaan noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Esperanto
2 entries- kariero noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kariero noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Estonian
1 entries- karjäär noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Finnish
4 entries- ammatti noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- työ noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- työura noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- ura noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
French
3 entries- carrière noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- carrière noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- foncer verb (to move rapidly straight ahead)
Galician
2 entries- carreira noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- carreira noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Georgian
1 entries- კარიერა noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
German
3 entries- Karriere noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- Karriere noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- Laufbahn noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Greek
1 entries- καριέρα noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Gujarati
1 entries- કારકિર્દી noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Hebrew
4 entries- קַרְיֶרָה noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- קַרְיֶרָה noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- קריירה noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- קריירה noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Hindi
2 entries- आजीविका noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- जीवक noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Hungarian
1 entries- karrier noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Icelandic
1 entries- starfsferill noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Ido
1 entries- kariero noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Indonesian
1 entries- karier noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- حِرْفِه noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- کَسْب noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Irish
1 entries- réim noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Italian
1 entries- carriera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Japanese
4 entries- キャリア noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- キャリア noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- 経歴 noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- 経歴 noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Kazakh
1 entries- мансап noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Khmer
2 entries- អាជីព noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- អាជីវ noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Korean
2 entries- 경력 noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- 직업 noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- мансап noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Lao
1 entries- ອາຊີບ noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Latvian
1 entries- karjera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Lithuanian
1 entries- karjera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Macedonian
1 entries- кариера noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Malay
3 entries- karier noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kerjaya noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kerjaya noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Māori
1 entries- umanga noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- karriere noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- karriere noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- karriere noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- karriere noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Occitan
1 entries- carrièra noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Beroop (nds) noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Polish
2 entries- kariera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kariera noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Portuguese
3 entries- carreira noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- carreira noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- voar verb (to move rapidly straight ahead)
Romanian
1 entries- carieră noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Russian
4 entries- карье́р noun (a jouster's path during a joust)
- карье́р noun (horse career)
- карье́ра noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- карье́ра noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Scots
1 entries- career noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- karijéra noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- карије́ра noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Slovak
1 entries- kariéra noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Slovene
1 entries- kariera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Spanish
2 entries- carrera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- carrera noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Swedish
3 entries- karriär noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- karriär noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
- karriär noun (horse career)
Tagalog
2 entries- karera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- karera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Tajik
3 entries- касб noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- мартаба noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- ҳирфа noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Thai
2 entries- การงาน noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- อาชีพ noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Turkish
2 entries- kariyer noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kariyer noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Ukrainian
3 entries- кар'є́р noun (horse career)
- кар'є́ра noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- кар'є́ра noun (an individual’s work and life roles over their lifespan)
Urdu
2 entries- مَشْغَلَہ noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- کَرِیئَر noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Uzbek
3 entries- karyera noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- kasb noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
- martaba noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nghề nghiệp noun (one's calling in life; a person's occupation)
Sample sentences
30 total sentences available.
I'll bet Madonna doesn't return to her career for awhile.
Source: tatoeba (32510)
I had been at a loss as to what career to decide on, but your advice has helped me to see the light regarding my future.
Source: tatoeba (36605)
Tom has a bright career as a medical doctor.
Source: tatoeba (37195)
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