1. (noun)occupation, business, job, line of work, line the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money Synonyms: personal credit line, occupancy, cable, business, 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
2. (noun)occupation, military control the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power Synonyms: occupation, job, line, military control, moving in, line of work, business, occupancy
3. (noun)occupation any activity that occupies a person's attention Synonyms: occupancy, moving in, line, military control, business, job, line of work
4. (noun)occupation, occupancy, moving in the act of occupying or taking possession of a building Synonyms: occupation, tenancy, job, line, military control, moving in, line of work, business, occupancy
5. (noun)occupation the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied Synonyms: occupancy, moving in, line, military control, business, job, line of work
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'occupation'
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1. occupation 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 Synonyms: business, affair, commerce, handicraft, trading, art, concern, job, traffic, avocation, craft, occupation, transaction, barter, duty, profession, vocation, calling, employment, trade, work
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