Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage

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

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1. • Occupation
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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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"

How to use career in a sentence?

1. Tiger Woods:

   Relative to the field, I was about that long early in my career, when youre able to hit the ball much further than other players, and get on the right golf courses where setups like this is penalizing if you are a little bit crooked, and if he does miss it, he misses on the correct side, and hes far enough down there to where he was able to get the ball on the green. And he did all the little things right.

2. Russell Westbrook:

   After speaking with my family, I have decided to not participate in this year's Olympics, this was not an easy decision, as representing my country at the World Championships in 2010 and the Olympics in 2012 were career highlights for me. I look forward to future opportunities as a member of USA Basketball.

3. Bruce Springsteen:

   It's just a continuation of the stories I've been writing my whole career, and I hope that it's something, that it's inspiring and fun and people enjoy it.

4. Glenn Jacobs:

   People are sick and tired of career politicians, and we have seen that at the highest level, i think a lot of people within the political realm, though, believe that President Trump was an anomaly and it only was going to happen at the federal level. And I don't think that's true. I think it's going to happen through all levels of government, because whether you're on the left or you're on the right, we can see that government doesn't work for you. And people are looking for folks who will work for them.

5. Lee Cook-jong:

   In my over 20 year-long career as a surgeon, I have only seen something like this in a textbook.

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