What are some opposite words for business?

Antonyms for business
ˈbɪz nɪsbusi·ness

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. business

    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, calling, 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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. business

    Antonyms:
    stagnation, leisure, inactivity

    Synonyms:
    occupation, profession, vocation, transaction, trade, calling, office, employment, interest, duty, affair, matter, concern

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisationnoun

    a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

    "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

    Synonyms:
    headache, business concern, business sector, business organisation, business organization, line of work, business enterprise, worry, job, byplay, care, stage business, commercial enterprise, line, patronage, occupation, vexation, clientele, concern, fear

  2. commercial enterprise, business enterprise, businessnoun

    the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects

    "computers are now widely used in business"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, concern, business organization, line of work, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

  3. occupation, business, job, line of work, linenoun

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

    "he's not in my line of business"

    Synonyms:
    personal credit line, occupancy, cable, billet, stemma, commercial enterprise, business concern, ancestry, byplay, agate line, business organisation, stage business, lineage, crinkle, stock, task, telephone circuit, clientele, seam, bloodline, course, crease, melodic line, air, channel, short letter, line of products, job, assembly line, contrast, problem, patronage, product line, business sector, military control, blood, bank line, tune, line of merchandise, personal line of credit, concern, melody, strain, dividing line, transmission line, moving in, caper, line of descent, chore, argumentation, logical argument, phone line, furrow, rail line, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, melodic phrase, occupation, line of business, pedigree, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, demarcation, subscriber line, origin, business organization, communication channel, telephone line, credit line, production line, business enterprise, line of reasoning, line of work, note, argument

  4. businessnoun

    a rightful concern or responsibility

    "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, line of work, concern, business organization, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

  5. businessnoun

    an immediate objective

    "gossip was the main business of the evening"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, line of work, concern, business organization, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

  6. businessnoun

    the volume of commercial activity

    "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, line of work, concern, business organization, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

  7. business, business sectornoun

    business concerns collectively

    "Government and business could not agree"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, line of work, concern, business organization, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

  8. clientele, patronage, businessnoun

    customers collectively

    "they have an upper class clientele"

    Synonyms:
    business concern, business sector, patronage, backing, clientele, backup, business organization, line of work, business enterprise, condescension, job, business organisation, byplay, stage business, commercial enterprise, line, trade, championship, disdain, occupation, concern

  9. business, stage business, byplaynoun

    incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

    "his business with the cane was hilarious"

    Synonyms:
    occupation, clientele, job, line, byplay, patronage, business organisation, line of work, concern, business organization, business concern, business sector, business enterprise, commercial enterprise, stage business

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. businessnoun

    Synonyms:
    vocation, calling, pursuit, craft, trade, occupation, profession, avocation, traffic, trade, commerce, enterprise, industry, barter, duty, function, work, place, affair, concern, matter

    Associated words:
    commercial, mercantile, technical, technicality, technology

How to use business in a sentence?

  1. Raffaello Pantucci:

    The general business environment in China is perceived as becoming harder to navigate, and while companies still feel they have to engage given its size and potential, increasingly small to medium sized companies are giving up.

  2. Nicholas McQuire:

    Matt Garman's very well regarded in the business, understands the technology, particularly the infrastructure side of the business which is core to AWS's strengths in the market.

  3. David Pilgrim:

    Funneling anger is risky business. Anger is a powerful fuel, and one could argue that much social change has resulted in no small part because of angry voices. In my half century of living, however, I have seen too many activists become frustrated and worn out—made callous by failed attempts to make change, with their idealistic passion devolving into seething anger, or worse, thick hatred.

  4. Amit Ray:

    You can plant a tree to celebrate a birthday, an anniversary, a promotion or a business success. Tree hugging is a yoga art to connect with nature.

  5. Andrew Schneider:

    A man should not leave this earth with unfinished business. He should live each day as if it was a pre-flight check. He should ask each morning, am I prepared to lift-off

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