dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/job_MWT.json

{
  "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"
    ]
  },
  "jobs":{
    "an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
      "examples":[
        "a high-paying job as a banker"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appointments",
        "berths",
        "billets",
        "capacities",
        "connections",
        "functions",
        "places",
        "positions",
        "posts",
        "situations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "businesses",
        "employments",
        "employs",
        "occupations",
        "professions",
        "works",
        "offices",
        "spots",
        "callings",
        "pursuits",
        "trades",
        "vocations",
        "lines",
        "rackets",
        "engagements",
        "gigs",
        "livelihoods",
        "livings",
        "careers",
        "lifeworks",
        "practices",
        "practises",
        "duties",
        "missions",
        "postings",
        "services",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avocations",
        "unemployments"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a piece of work that needs to be done regularly":{
      "examples":[
        "taking the trash out is one of my jobs"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assignments",
        "chores",
        "duties",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chares",
        "chars",
        "endeavors",
        "enterprises",
        "projects",
        "stints",
        "undertakings",
        "care",
        "charges",
        "commissions",
        "responsibilities",
        "functions",
        "missions",
        "offices",
        "operations",
        "posts",
        "errands",
        "circuits",
        "rounds",
        "routes"
      ],
      "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":[
        "assignments",
        "briefs",
        "businesses",
        "charges",
        "details",
        "missions",
        "operations",
        "posts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burdens",
        "chores",
        "duties",
        "needs",
        "obligations",
        "offices",
        "requirements",
        "responsibilities",
        "errands",
        "labors",
        "works",
        "commitments",
        "pledges",
        "promises",
        "appointments",
        "commissions",
        "designations",
        "nominations",
        "compulsions",
        "constraints",
        "restraints"
      ],
      "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":[
        "businesses",
        "capacities",
        "functions",
        "parts",
        "places",
        "positions",
        "purposes",
        "roles",
        "r\u00f4les",
        "tasks",
        "works"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affairs",
        "concerns",
        "hands",
        "involvements",
        "participations",
        "niches",
        "offices",
        "posts",
        "situations",
        "callings",
        "occupations",
        "pursuits",
        "vocations",
        "activities",
        "assignments",
        "charges",
        "commissions",
        "duties",
        "employs",
        "missions",
        "responsibilities",
        "services",
        "uses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
      "examples":[
        "boy, doing all that filing was a real job"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bears",
        "beasts",
        "chores",
        "headaches",
        "killers",
        "labors"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drudgeries",
        "grinds",
        "heavy liftings",
        "lucubrations",
        "efforts",
        "strains",
        "sweats",
        "burdens",
        "loads",
        "weights",
        "bothers",
        "nuisances",
        "troubles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "breezes",
        "child's play",
        "cinches",
        "duck soup",
        "kid stuff",
        "setups",
        "snaps"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in contracts , partners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "apprentices",
        "contracts",
        "partners",
        "subcontracts",
        "assumes",
        "employs",
        "engages",
        "fees",
        "hires",
        "lays on",
        "pays",
        "places",
        "recruits",
        "retains",
        "signs (up or on)",
        "takes on",
        "reemploys",
        "reengages",
        "rehires",
        "enlists",
        "advances",
        "promotes",
        "upgrades",
        "keeps (on)",
        "headhunts",
        "scouts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furloughs",
        "lays off",
        "locks out",
        "axes",
        "cans",
        "discharges",
        "dismisses",
        "fires",
        "sacks"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "job action":{
    "as in slowdown , sit-in":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "go-slow",
        "sick-out",
        "sit-down",
        "sit-in",
        "slowdown",
        "sympathetic strike",
        "sympathy strike",
        "lockout",
        "strike",
        "walkout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jobber":{
    "as in retailer , distributor":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "discounter",
        "distributor",
        "e-tailer",
        "exporter",
        "reseller",
        "retailer",
        "wholesaler",
        "broker",
        "dealer",
        "merchandiser",
        "seller",
        "vendor",
        "merchant",
        "trader",
        "tradesman",
        "auctioneer",
        "concessionaire",
        "black marketer",
        "black marketeer",
        "bootlegger",
        "fence",
        "fencer",
        "hustler",
        "scalper",
        "smuggler",
        "trafficker",
        "chapman",
        "hawker",
        "huckster",
        "peddler",
        "pedlar",
        "salesclerk",
        "salesman",
        "salesperson",
        "saleswoman",
        "shopgirl",
        "bargainer",
        "haggler",
        "horse trader",
        "palterer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "consumer",
        "end user",
        "user",
        "buyer",
        "purchaser"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in laborer , hack":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drudge",
        "gandy dancer",
        "grub",
        "hack",
        "laborer",
        "navvy",
        "toiler",
        "assistant",
        "cog",
        "flunky",
        "flunkey",
        "flunkie",
        "subordinate",
        "underling",
        "yes-man",
        "nine-to-fiver",
        "wage earner",
        "wage slave",
        "wageworker",
        "workingman",
        "workingwoman",
        "workman",
        "workwoman",
        "employee",
        "employe",
        "hand",
        "hireling",
        "jobholder",
        "retainer",
        "worker",
        "associate",
        "colleague",
        "coworker",
        "temp",
        "temporary"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "employer",
        "gaffer",
        "boss",
        "superior",
        "supervisor"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jobbed":{
    "as in contracted , partnered":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "apprenticed",
        "contracted",
        "partnered",
        "subcontracted",
        "assumed",
        "employed",
        "engaged",
        "feed",
        "hired",
        "laid on",
        "paid",
        "placed",
        "recruited",
        "retained",
        "signed (up or on)",
        "took on",
        "reemployed",
        "re-employed",
        "reengaged",
        "re-engaged",
        "rehired",
        "enlisted",
        "advanced",
        "promoted",
        "upgraded",
        "kept (on)",
        "headhunted",
        "scouted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furloughed",
        "laid off",
        "locked out",
        "axed",
        "canned",
        "discharged",
        "dismissed",
        "fired",
        "sacked"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  }
}