Occupation

/ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/

Synonyms for "occupation" (243 found)

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Closest matches (49)

Noun(15 words)

jobline of workoccupancy profession vocation annexation auctioneers avocation business busying calling callings career careers claiming

abiding abode act acting action activism activities activity adoptionadverse possessionaffair affairs agency alodium appointment appropriation arrogation art assumption bag

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behavior bondage burgage business calling careercareer buildingcareerism claim cohabitation colonization colony commerce commorancy

Strong matches (73)

concern concernment conduct conquest control craftde factode juredependencyderivative titledirection doing driving duty dwelling employ employment enslavement enterprise execution

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exercisefee fieffee positionfee simplefee simple absolutefee simple conditionalfee simple defeasiblefee simple determinablefee tailfeodum feud fiefdom field frankalmoignfree socagefreehold function functioning game gavelkind habitancy habitation handicraft handlinghaving title tohold holding indent inhabitancy inhabitation inhabiting interest jobknight servicelaborlay feelease leaseholdlegal claimlegal possessionlifework line

Verb(1 words)

conquer a people

Noun(10 words)

employment employments engineering garrisoning hatters homesteading inhabitation interest invadingland a job

Related words (121)

Noun(21 words)

line livelihoodmilitary controlmoving inmétiermétiersoccupied byoverrun overrunning overruns peopling plying possession practices steeplejacks trades upholsterers vocations wheelwrights work

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work energetically

line of businessline of workliving lodging lookout management mandate manipulation matter metier mission movements mystery nesting number occupancy office operancy operation operations

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oppressionoriginal titleowning performance performing place play position possessing possession post practice praxis preemption preoccupancy preoccupation prepossession prescription profession project propertyproperty rightsproprietary rightspursuit racket requisition residence residency residing responsibility rule running seisin seizure service settlement situation skill socage sojourning specialization specialty squatting stayingstaying oversteering stopping subjection subjugation sublease suzerainty swing take-over takeovertaking overtask tenancy tenantry tenuretenure in chivalrything title trade underlease undertaking undertenancy usucapion usurpationvillein socagevilleinhold villenage vocation walkwalk of lifework working workings

Adjective(1 words)

paid work

Verb(2 words)

pursue goals vigorouslytake over

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5 relation types

More general

11 entries

acquiring activity employment getting periodperiod of timepossessionsocial controlstatetime periodwork

More specific

6 entries

artist engineer habitation physician residency teacher

Collocations

6 entries

career pathmilitary occupationoccupation periodoccupational hazardpaid employmentterritorial occupancy

Inflections

1 entries

occupations

Derivations

7 entries

occupancy occupant occupational occupationally occupier occupy unoccupied

Sample sentences

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You must take up a regular occupation.

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Mingle your joys sometimes with your earnest occupation.

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My brother has no occupation now.

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Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation.

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