occupations

The word “occupations” has 4 syllables: oc-cu-pa-tions

It's pronounced as /ˌɑː.kjʊˈpeɪ.ʃənz/


What is synonym and antonym for occupations?

In the thesaurus, “occupations” has 99 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for occupations along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for occupations

  • activity
  • affair
  • appointments
  • arts
  • assignments
  • attack
  • berths
  • billets
  • businesses
  • calling
  • callings
  • calls
  • capture
  • chosen work
  • conquest
  • craft
  • crafts
  • daily grind
  • day gig
  • do
  • dodge
  • duties
  • employment
  • employments
  • engagements
  • entering
  • enterprises
  • fields
  • foreign rule
  • functions
  • game
  • games
  • gigs
  • grindstone
  • habitation
  • habitations
  • handcrafts
  • handicrafts
  • hang
  • holding
  • inhabitancy
  • inhabitation
  • invasion
  • job
  • jobs
  • lays
  • lick
  • lifeworks
  • line
  • line of work
  • lines
  • livelihoods
  • livings
  • loads
  • metiers
  • missions
  • moonlight
  • nine-to-five
  • occupancies
  • occupancy
  • offices
  • ownership
  • ownerships
  • places
  • play
  • positions
  • possessions
  • post
  • posts
  • professions
  • proprietorships
  • pursuit
  • racket
  • rackets
  • rat race
  • residence
  • residencies
  • settlement
  • situations
  • slot
  • subjugation
  • tasks
  • tenancies
  • tenancy
  • tenantries
  • tenure
  • thing
  • title
  • trade
  • trades
  • trespasses
  • use
  • vocation
  • vocations
  • walk of life
  • what one is into
  • work
  • workloads
  • works

Antonyms for occupations

Meanings of occupations

  • noun
    1. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.
    2. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
    3. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

Example Sentences

  • There are many different occupations within the healthcare industry, ranging from doctors to medical technicians.
  • The job fair featured a wide variety of occupations for attendees to explore.
  • Her research focuses on the changing occupations in the tech sector over the past decade.
  • In history class, we studied the traditional occupations of ancient civilizations.
  • Many people change their occupations multiple times throughout their careers to find the best fit for their skills and interests.

On this page you'll find 118 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to occupations, such as: activity, affair, appointments, arts, assignments, attack, avocation.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

bailiwicks

  • ambits
  • amplitudes
  • areas
  • arenas
  • baronies
  • breadths
  • businesses
  • circles
  • compasses
  • confines
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • dimensions
  • disciplines
  • domains
  • elements
  • extents
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • fields
  • firmaments
  • frontiers
  • fronts
  • games
  • kens
  • kingdoms
  • lines
  • occupations
  • precincts
  • professions
  • provinces
  • pursuits
  • rackets
  • reaches
  • realms
  • scopes
  • specialties
  • spheres
  • studies
  • sub-specialties
  • subfields
  • subjects
  • subspecialties
  • sweeps
  • terrains
  • territories
  • turfs
  • turves
  • vocations
  • walks
  • widths

callings

games

  • action
  • aims
  • ambits
  • amplitudes
  • amusement
  • appointments
  • areas
  • arenas
  • arrangements
  • arts
  • assignments
  • athletics
  • bailiwicks
  • ball
  • baronies
  • battles
  • berths
  • biathlons
  • billets
  • blueprints
  • bouts
  • breadths
  • businesses
  • callings
  • calls
  • championships
  • circles
  • clash
  • classics
  • collusions
  • compasses
  • competitions
  • conceptions
  • confines
  • conflicts
  • conspiracies
  • contest
  • contests
  • contrivances
  • counter-strategies
  • counterplans
  • counterstrategies
  • crafts
  • dead heats
  • decathlons
  • demesnes
  • departments
  • derbies
  • designs
  • devices
  • diagrams
  • dimensions
  • disciplines
  • disport
  • diversion
  • domains
  • drill
  • duel
  • duties
  • elements
  • employments
  • engagements
  • enterprises
  • event
  • events
  • exercise
  • exercises
  • extents
  • fiefdoms
  • fiefs
  • field days
  • fields
  • fight
  • finals
  • firmaments
  • formulae
  • formulas
  • frolic
  • frontiers
  • fronts
  • fun
  • fun and games
  • functions
  • gaiety
  • gambits
  • game
  • game plans
  • gigs
  • ground plans
  • gymkhanas
  • handcrafts
  • handicrafts
  • heats
  • heptathlons
  • ideas
  • intentions
  • intents
  • jobs
  • joust
  • kens
  • kingdoms
  • layouts
  • lays
  • lifeworks
  • lines
  • livelihoods
  • livings
  • loads
  • maneuvers
  • maps
  • marathons
  • master plans
  • match
  • matches
  • matchups
  • means
  • meet
  • meeting
  • meets
  • metiers
  • missions
  • nationals
  • nightcaps
  • occupations
  • offices
  • outings
  • pastime
  • patterns
  • pentathlons
  • photo finishes
  • physical activity
  • picnic
  • places
  • plans
  • platforms
  • play
  • play-offs
  • pleasure
  • plots
  • policies
  • positions
  • posts
  • practice
  • precincts
  • procedures
  • professions
  • programs
  • projects
  • projets
  • proposals
  • protocols
  • provinces
  • purposes
  • pursuits
  • races
  • rackets
  • rallies
  • reaches
  • realms
  • recipes
  • recreation
  • road maps
  • round-robins
  • rounds
  • rubbers
  • runoffs
  • runs
  • ruses
  • schemes
  • scopes
  • scrimmages
  • seesaws
  • semifinals
  • series
  • sets
  • setups
  • situations
  • skirmishes
  • specialties
  • specifications
  • specifics
  • spheres
  • sport
  • sports
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • struggles
  • studies
  • sub-specialties
  • subfields
  • subjects
  • subspecialties
  • subterfuges
  • sudden deaths
  • sweep-stake
  • sweeps
  • sweepstakes
  • systems
  • tactics
  • tasks
  • techniques
  • terrains
  • territories
  • test
  • tilt
  • tournaments
  • tourney
  • tourneys
  • trades
  • triathlons
  • tricks
  • tugs-of-war
  • turfs
  • turves
  • tussles
  • ultramarathons
  • vocations
  • volleys
  • walks
  • ways
  • widths
  • workloads
  • workout
  • works

habitations

  • McMansions
  • RVs
  • abode
  • abodes
  • accommodations
  • address
  • apartment
  • apartment houses
  • apartments
  • barracks
  • berth
  • billets
  • biosphere
  • boardinghouses
  • bungalows
  • cabins
  • casitas
  • castles
  • cave
  • chalets
  • co-op
  • commorancy
  • condo
  • condominia
  • condominium
  • condominiums
  • condos
  • cottages
  • countryseats
  • den
  • diggings
  • digs
  • domicile
  • domiciles
  • dormitories
  • dorms
  • double-wides
  • duplexes
  • dwelling
  • dwellings
  • element
  • environment
  • estates
  • farmhouses
  • fireside
  • firesides
  • flat
  • flats
  • flophouses
  • granges
  • haciendas
  • halls
  • haunt
  • haven
  • hearth
  • hearths
  • hearthstones
  • hermitages
  • hole
  • home
  • home plate
  • homes
  • homestead
  • homesteads
  • hooches
  • hootches
  • house
  • house trailers
  • houseboats
  • houses
  • housing
  • housings
  • hovels
  • hutches
  • huts
  • locale
  • locality
  • lodgements
  • lodging
  • lodging houses
  • lodgings
  • lodgments
  • manor houses
  • manors
  • manses
  • mansions
  • mobile homes
  • motor homes
  • neck of the woods
  • nest
  • nests
  • nook
  • occupancies
  • occupancy
  • occupation
  • occupations
  • ownerships
  • pad
  • pads
  • palaces
  • parsonages
  • penthouses
  • place
  • places
  • possessions
  • proprietorships
  • quarters
  • ranch houses
  • ranches
  • range
  • recreational vehicles
  • rectories
  • residence
  • residences
  • residencies
  • residency
  • roof
  • roofs
  • rooming houses
  • rooms
  • roost
  • salons
  • saltboxes
  • seat
  • semis
  • settlement
  • shacks
  • shanties
  • shelters
  • site
  • split levels
  • stamping ground
  • stomping ground
  • suites
  • surroundings
  • tenancies
  • tenantries
  • tenement houses
  • tenements
  • terrain
  • territory
  • town houses
  • townhomes
  • tract houses
  • trailers
  • trespasses
  • triplexes
  • turf
  • vicarages
  • villas
  • walk-ups

handcrafts

  • arts
  • assembles
  • begins
  • builds
  • callings
  • carpenters
  • coins
  • combines
  • conceives
  • concocts
  • confects
  • constitutes
  • constructs
  • contrives
  • crafts
  • creates
  • designs
  • devises
  • erects
  • establishes
  • fabricates
  • fashions
  • fathers
  • forges
  • founds
  • frames
  • generates
  • hammers
  • handicrafts
  • imagines
  • inaugurates
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • invents
  • jerry-builds
  • makes
  • makes up
  • manufactures
  • metiers
  • molds
  • occupations
  • organizes
  • originates
  • pieces
  • prefabricates
  • produces
  • professions
  • puts up
  • raises
  • rears
  • reassembles
  • rebuilds
  • reconstructs
  • redevelops
  • reedifies
  • retrofits
  • sets up
  • shapes
  • skills
  • throws up
  • trades
  • unites
  • vocations

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