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PROFESSIONS Synonyms

There are 12 synonyms of the word professions. (exact relations)
There are 14 hypernyms of the word professions. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for PROFESSIONS

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calling
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the particular occupation for which you are trained

career
nounn
noun

• the particular occupation for which you are trained

• the general progression of your working or professional life

verb

• move headlong at high speed

craft
verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj
noun

• the skilled practice of a practical occupation

• a vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space

• people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

• skill in an occupation or trade

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

verb

• make by hand and with much skill

employment
nounn
noun

• the state of being employed or having a job

• the occupation for which you are paid

• the act of giving someone a job

• the act of using

job
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

• any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

• a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'

• a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

• an object worked on; a result produced by working

• the responsibility to do something

• the performance of a piece of work

• a damaging piece of work

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

• a crime (especially a robbery)

verb

• profit privately from public office and official business

• arranged for contracted work to be done by others

• work occasionally

• invest at a risk

livelihood
nounn
noun

• the financial means whereby one lives

occupation
nounn
noun

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

• any activity that occupies a person's attention

• the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

• the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

pursuit
nounn
noun

• the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

• a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

• an auxiliary activity

• a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)

trade
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services

• the skilled practice of a practical occupation

• the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers

• a particular instance of buying or selling

• people who perform a particular kind of skilled work

• steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator

• an equal exchange

verb

• engage in the trade of

• turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase

• be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions

• exchange or give (something) in exchange for

• do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood

vocation
nounn
noun

• the particular occupation for which you are trained

• a body of people doing the same kind of work

work
verb, nounv, n
noun

• activity directed toward making or doing something

• a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

• the occupation for which you are paid

• applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

• (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force

• a place where work is done

• the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

verb

• exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work

• be employed

• have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

• perform as expected when applied

• shape, form, or improve a material

• give a workout to

• proceed along a path

• operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

• proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

• move in an agitated manner

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• cause to work

• prepare for crops

• behave in a certain way when handled

• have and exert influence or effect

• operate in or through

• cause to operate or function

• provoke or excite

• gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

• make something, usually for a specific function

• move into or onto

• to mix into a homogeneous mass

• use or manipulate to one's advantage

• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

• cause to undergo fermentation

• go sour or spoil

• arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

professing
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

Best Hypernyms For PROFESSIONS

Here is a list of related hypernyms for professions, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (12)
affirmation occupation vocation avouchment avowal business calling career craft job line trade
Phrases (2)
line of workoccupational group

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