Synonyms for career
kəˈrɪərca·reer

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. career

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   charge, course, flight, line of achievement, passage, public life, race, rush

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. career

   Synonyms:
   course, success, walk, line, progress, history, race

   Antonyms:
   misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. career, calling, vocationnoun

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

   Synonyms:
   occupational group, life history, calling, vocation

2. career, life historyverb

   the general progression of your working or professional life

   "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"

   Synonyms:
   life story, life history, calling, life, vocation, biography

3. careerverb

   move headlong at high speed

   "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

Matched Categories

1. • Occupation
   • Travel

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. careernoun

   Synonyms:
   course, race

2. careernoun

   Synonyms:
   procedure, conduct, course of action, manner of life

3. careerverb

   Synonyms:
   sweep, rush, course, move rapidly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "career":

   careers, quarry, carrière, professional, vocational, race, occupational, carrera, quarries, quarrying, profession, career-related, functional, professionals, racing

Suggested Resources

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   Career vs. Carrier -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Career and Carrier.

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1. Tiffany Haddish:

   We're all trying to figure out, how do you fix this ? How do you stop this ? And I think we have to figure out how to change people's hearts, and that's what I've been trying to do my whole career.

2. Alfred Hitchcock:

   She had an incredible career — but first and foremost she was my mum, and that's who I will miss.

3. Chris Kyle:

   I’d like to take a second to thank all our men and women in the armed forces that are here, and as far as you, Texas, this is kind of where we started our career, way back in all the honky-tonks.

4. Phil Mickelson:

   Not winning made it the worst year of my career, it was a bad year statistically in all areas.

5. Bill Norris:

   In tennis we say there is no off weeks but you really have to get some balance in your life to recover mentally as well as physically, the players that schedules themselves right, don’t burn themselves out and can have a long and prosperous career.