Synonyms for calling
ˈkɔ lɪŋcall·ing

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   vocation

2. callingnoun

   A strong urge to become religious.

   Synonyms:
   vocation

3. callingnoun

   A job or occupation.

   Synonyms:
   vocation

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1. calling

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

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1. career, calling, vocationnoun

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

   Synonyms:
   occupational group, career, life history, vocation

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   occupation, business, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, employment, vocation, AVOCATION, walk of life

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   summons, call, vocation (divine summons), evocation, convocation, occupation, business, trade, employment, vocation, pursuit

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1. List of paraphrases for "calling":

   call, appellant, vocation, launches, appeal, requesting, convening, telephoning, urging, appealing, contacting, requiring, dialling, asking, phoning

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1. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   If you are a terrorist with an Internet connection, like the one on your ever-present cellphone, you can recruit new soldiers, plan attacks and upload a video calling for jihad with just a few clicks, and thanks to new and ever improving and proliferating encryption and secure communication techniques, it'll be a lot harder to find you and stop you before you take innocent lives.

2. Kathleen Day:

   When she saw what was happening in Syria, that situation was so overwhelming, it was just crushing, for her, it was a calling.

3. Joe Ganim:

   I support and add my voice to the family, community, and elected officials who are calling for state legislation on this issue.

4. Gil Cisneros:

   I told her,' Thank you very much for calling' and that was pretty much it, and we'll probably talk later.

5. Tony Tarantino:

   I love my son and have great respect for him as an artist but he is dead wrong in calling police officers, particularly in New York City where I grew up, murderers.