Profession

/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/

Synonyms for "profession" (140 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (42)

Related words (70)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

14 entries

More specific

7 entries

Collocations

6 entries
engineering professionlegal professionmedical professionnursing professionprofession of faithteaching profession

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

181 translations across 88 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • profesion noun (occupation)
  • xajë noun (occupation)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἐπάγγελμα noun (occupation)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مهنة noun (occupation)
  • مِهْنَة noun (occupation)
  • وَظِيفَة noun (occupation)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մասնագիտություն noun (occupation)

Assamese

1 entries
  • পেছা noun (occupation)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • ixtisas noun (occupation)
  • məslək noun (occupation)
  • peşə noun (occupation)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • профессия noun (occupation)
  • һөнәр noun (occupation)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • заня́так noun (occupation)
  • заня́цце noun (occupation)
  • заня́цьце noun (occupation)
  • прафе́сія noun (occupation)

Bengali

1 entries
  • পেশা noun (occupation)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вероизповеда́ние noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • заня́тие noun (occupation)
  • профе́сия noun (occupation)

Burmese

2 entries
  • အလုပ် noun (occupation)
  • အလုပ်အကိုင် noun (occupation)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • профе́сія noun (occupation)

Catalan

2 entries
  • ofici noun (occupation)
  • professió noun (occupation)

Chechen

1 entries
  • корматалла noun (occupation)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 職業 /职业 noun (occupation)
  • 行業 /行业 noun (occupation)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 職業 /职业 noun (occupation)
  • 行業 /行业 noun (occupation)

Czech

2 entries
  • povolání noun (occupation)
  • profese noun (occupation)

Danish

4 entries
  • erhverv noun (occupation)
  • fag noun (occupation)
  • livsstilling noun (occupation)
  • profession noun (occupation)

Dari

4 entries
  • حِرْفَه noun (occupation)
  • شُغْل noun (occupation)
  • پیشَه noun (occupation)
  • کَسْب noun (occupation)

Dutch

3 entries
  • beroep noun (occupation)
  • professie noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • professie noun (occupation)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 職業 /职业 noun (occupation)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • profesio noun (occupation)

Estonian

2 entries
  • amet noun (occupation)
  • elukutse noun (occupation)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ammatti noun (occupation)
  • julistus noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • uskontunnustus noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • vakuutus noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)

French

3 entries
  • métier noun (occupation)
  • profession noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • profession noun (occupation)

Galician

1 entries
  • profesión noun (occupation)

Georgian

4 entries
  • პროფესია noun (occupation)
  • საქმიანობა noun (occupation)
  • სპეციალობა noun (occupation)
  • ხელობა noun (occupation)

German

3 entries
  • Bekenntnis noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • Beruf noun (occupation)
  • Profession noun (occupation)

Greek

2 entries
  • επάγγελμα noun (occupation)
  • ομολογία noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מִקְצוֹעַ noun (occupation)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पेशा noun (occupation)
  • वृत्ति noun (occupation)
  • व्यवसाय noun (occupation)
  • व्यवहार noun (occupation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • foglalkozás noun (occupation)
  • hivatás noun (occupation)
  • mesterség noun (occupation)
  • szakma noun (occupation)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • atvinna noun (occupation)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • profesi noun (occupation)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • ammatti noun (occupation)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • حِرْفِه noun (occupation)
  • شُغْل noun (occupation)
  • پیشِه noun (occupation)
  • کَسْب noun (occupation)

Irish

1 entries
  • gairm noun (occupation)

Italian

1 entries
  • professione noun (occupation)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 職業 noun (occupation)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ವೃತ್ತಿ noun (occupation)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • кәсіп noun (occupation)
  • мамандық noun (occupation)

Khmer

2 entries
  • វិជ្ជាជីវៈ noun (occupation)
  • អម្រស់ noun (occupation)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • профессья noun (occupation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 직업 noun (occupation)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • кесип noun (occupation)
  • профессия noun (occupation)

Lao

2 entries
  • ວິຊາຊີບ noun (occupation)
  • ອາຊີບ noun (occupation)

Latvian

2 entries
  • amats noun (occupation)
  • profesija noun (occupation)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • profesija noun (occupation)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • занимање noun (occupation)
  • професија noun (occupation)

Malay

1 entries
  • profesion noun (occupation)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • തൊഴിൽ noun (occupation)

Maltese

1 entries
  • professjoni noun (occupation)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • мэргэжил noun (occupation)
  • ᠮᠡᠷᠭᠡᠵᠢᠯ noun (occupation)

Māori

1 entries
  • umanga noun (occupation)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • hokar noun (occupation)
  • kariyer noun (occupation)
  • meslek noun (occupation)
  • mihne noun (occupation)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • profesjon noun (occupation)
  • yrke noun (occupation)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • profesjon noun (occupation)
  • yrke noun (occupation)

Odia

1 entries
  • ବୃତ୍ତି noun (occupation)

Oromo

1 entries
  • ogummaa noun (occupation)

Pashto

4 entries
  • حرفه noun (occupation)
  • مسلک noun (occupation)
  • ورهڼه noun (occupation)
  • پېشه noun (occupation)

Polish

2 entries
  • fach noun (occupation)
  • zawód noun (occupation)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • profissão noun (occupation)

Romanian

4 entries
  • meserie noun (occupation)
  • meșteșug noun (occupation)
  • profesie noun (occupation)
  • profesiune noun (occupation)

Russian

3 entries
  • вероиспове́дание noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • заня́тие noun (occupation)
  • профе́ссия noun (occupation)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • dreuchd noun (occupation)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • profèsija noun (occupation)
  • zanímānje noun (occupation)
  • зани́ма̄ње noun (occupation)
  • профѐсија noun (occupation)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • වෘත්තිය noun (occupation)

Slovak

2 entries
  • povolanie noun (occupation)
  • profesia noun (occupation)

Slovene

1 entries
  • poklic noun (occupation)

Spanish

2 entries
  • profesión noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • profesión noun (occupation)

Swedish

4 entries
  • fack noun (occupation)
  • gebit noun (occupation)
  • profession noun (occupation)
  • yrke noun (occupation)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • panungkulan noun (occupation)
  • propesyon noun (occupation)

Tajik

4 entries
  • ихтисос noun (occupation)
  • касб noun (occupation)
  • пеша noun (occupation)
  • шуғл noun (occupation)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தொழில் noun (occupation)

Tatar

1 entries
  • һөнәр noun (occupation)

Telugu

2 entries
  • విశ్వాసం noun (declaration of faith, belief or opinion)
  • వృత్తి noun (occupation)

Thai

1 entries
  • อาชีพ noun (occupation)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ལས་རིགས noun (occupation)

Turkish

1 entries
  • meslek noun (occupation)

Turkmen

3 entries
  • hünär noun (occupation)
  • kesp noun (occupation)
  • kär noun (occupation)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • заня́ття noun (occupation)
  • профе́сія noun (occupation)
  • фах noun (occupation)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شُغْل noun (occupation)
  • پیشَہ noun (occupation)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كەسىپ noun (occupation)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • hunar noun (occupation)
  • kasb noun (occupation)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nghề noun (occupation)
  • nghề nghiệp noun (occupation)

Volapük

1 entries
  • cal noun (occupation)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 職業 /职业 noun (occupation)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פּראָפֿעסיע noun (occupation)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Teaching is a profession of my own choosing.

Source: tatoeba (19003)

Teaching English is his profession.

Source: tatoeba (26219)

The medical profession keeps handing out warnings about smoking.

Source: tatoeba (28100)

It was a profession of his own choosing.

Source: tatoeba (42180)

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