dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/job_MWT.json

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{
"job":{
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"a high-paying job as a banker"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"work",
"office",
"spot",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"line",
"racket",
"engagement",
"gig",
"livelihood",
"living",
"career",
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
"examples":[
"taking the trash out is one of my jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"chore",
"duty",
"task"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chare",
"char",
"endeavor",
"enterprise",
"project",
"stint",
"undertaking",
"care",
"charge",
"commission",
"responsibility",
"function",
"mission",
"office",
"operation",
"post",
"errand",
"circuit",
"round",
"route"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"your job on this committee is to review the curriculum and suggest changes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"mission",
"operation",
"post"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"chore",
"duty",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"requirement",
"responsibility",
"errand",
"labor",
"work",
"commitment",
"pledge",
"promise",
"appointment",
"commission",
"designation",
"nomination",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"a coffeemaker's job is to make coffee, and this overpriced machine doesn't do it very well"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"part",
"place",
"position",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
"examples":[
"boy, doing all that filing was a real job"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"beast",
"chore",
"headache",
"killer",
"labor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"heavy lifting",
"lucubration",
"effort",
"strain",
"sweat",
"burden",
"load",
"weight",
"bother",
"nuisance",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"child's play",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"kid stuff",
"setup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in contract , partner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprentice",
"contract",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"assume",
"employ",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on",
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"jobholder":{
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past"
],
"synonyms":[
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"hireling",
"retainer",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistant",
"cog",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"yes-man",
"drudge",
"gandy dancer",
"grub",
"hack",
"jobber",
"laborer",
"navvy",
"toiler",
"nine-to-fiver",
"wage earner",
"wage slave",
"wageworker",
"workingman",
"workingwoman",
"workman",
"workwoman",
"associate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"temp",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"superior",
"supervisor"
],
"antonyms":[
"employer",
"gaffer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"joblessness":{
"as in unemployment , nonemployment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonemployment",
"unemployment",
"boot",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"removal",
"sack",
"severance",
"demotion",
"suspension",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"leave",
"liberty",
"retirement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employ",
"employment",
"engagement",
"hire",
"appointment",
"assignment",
"conscription",
"enlistment",
"recruitment",
"incumbency",
"tenure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jobless":{
"having no job":{
"examples":[
"having been jobless for six months, he was starting to get seriously discouraged"
],
"synonyms":[
"unemployed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subemployed",
"underemployed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-employed"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"working"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"job actions":{
"as in slowdowns , sit-ins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"go-slows",
"sick-outs",
"sit-downs",
"sit-ins",
"slowdowns",
"sympathetic strikes",
"sympathy strikes",
"lockouts",
"strikes",
"walkouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jobholders":{
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"more jobholders than the state agency has ever had in the past"
],
"synonyms":[
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"retainers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistants",
"cogs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"yes-men",
"drudges",
"gandy dancers",
"grubs",
"hacks",
"jobbers",
"laborers",
"navvies",
"toilers",
"nine-to-fivers",
"wage earners",
"wage slaves",
"wageworkers",
"workingmen",
"workingwomen",
"workmen",
"workwomen",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"coworkers",
"co-workers",
"temporaries",
"temps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"superiors",
"supervisors"
],
"antonyms":[
"employers",
"gaffers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"jobbing":{
"as in contracting , partnering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out",
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"jobbers":{
"as in retailers , distributors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discounters",
"distributors",
"e-tailers",
"exporters",
"resellers",
"retailers",
"wholesalers",
"brokers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"sellers",
"vendors",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"auctioneers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"scalpers",
"smugglers",
"traffickers",
"chapmen",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"horse traders",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users",
"buyers",
"purchasers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in laborers , hacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drudges",
"gandy dancers",
"grubs",
"hacks",
"laborers",
"navvies",
"toilers",
"assistants",
"cogs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"yes-men",
"nine-to-fivers",
"wage earners",
"wage slaves",
"wageworkers",
"workingmen",
"workingwomen",
"workmen",
"workwomen",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"retainers",
"workers",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"coworkers",
"co-workers",
"temporaries",
"temps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employers",
"gaffers",
"bosses",
"superiors",
"supervisors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"job lot":{
"as in hard goods , stuff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inventory",
"staples",
"stock",
"stuff",
"supply",
"commodity",
"goods",
"merchandise",
"wares",
"domestics",
"durables",
"durable goods",
"hard goods",
"export",
"import",
"line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}