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Synonyms for profession
prəˈfɛʃ ənpro·fes·sion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
profession
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 is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.
Synonyms:
affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, workPreposition:
The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
profession
Synonyms:
avowal, declaration, business, occupation, trade, calling, vocation
Princeton's WordNet
professionnoun
the body of people in a learned occupation
"the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists"
Synonyms:
professingprofessionnoun
an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
Synonyms:
professingprofession, professingnoun
an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion
"a profession of disagreement"
Synonyms:
professingprofessionnoun
affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith
"a profession of Christianity"
Synonyms:
professing
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
professionnoun
Synonyms:
declaration, avowal, claimprofessionnoun
Synonyms:
employment (that requires a learned education), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
professionnoun
Synonyms:
acknowledgment, avowal, vocation, business, calling
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "profession":
occupation, professional, professions, occupations, territories, career, occupational, vocational, vocation, industry
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#71 | business | |
#125 | work | |
#338 | art | |
#429 | job | |
#479 | industry | |
#635 | professional | |
#718 | trade | |
#1024 | employment | |
#1125 | career | |
#1435 | traffic | |
#1878 | trading | |
#1924 | commerce | |
#2487 | duty | |
#2650 | calling | |
#3115 | concern | |
#3442 | transaction | |
#4241 | craft | |
#4578 | occupation | |
#5210 | declaration | |
#5287 | occupational | |
#5986 | territories | |
#6576 | profession | |
#7398 | vocational | |
#8941 | occupations | |
#9420 | affair | |
#11781 | professions | |
#27294 | vocation | |
#27332 | barter | |
#32678 | handicraft | |
#67037 | professing | |
#135964 | avocation | |
#192596 | avowal |
How to use profession in a sentence?
As a profession we prescribe too many narcotics for too many patients, barring unusual circumstances, we should be able to get a good handle on patients’ pain after surgery and minimize their opioid use.
In spite of the protests, the uprising, in spite of what some would call an anti-police sentiment, there's a new generation of recruits joining our profession who fully embrace where policing is going and not where it was.
She was the sort of person who would always go the extra mile to help a family member, and we’ve had a number of significant letters from people within the medical profession telling us just how good she was at her job. learning about her was a real eye-opener and has provided the stepping stone for what we want to achieve.
The best thing everybody can do to help the medical profession as follow the rules set down to flatten the curve by minimizing contact and risk of infection. Only go to the emergency department if you are sicker than a dog and feel like you are heading towards death, otherwise, find some way of triaging yourself through telemedicine and similar no-contact communication.
My job at CEA is to advise the President, and that advice, for it to be truthful, needs to be protected by executive privilege, as it is, my job at the CEA is to be the person who collects the consensus of the economics profession and shares it with people.
Translations for profession
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- مهنة, وظيفةArabic
- прафесіяBelarusian
- ofici, professióCatalan, Valencian
- корматаллаChechen
- povolání, profeseCzech
- fag, erhvervDanish
- BerufGerman
- ομολογία, επάγγελμα, διακύρηξη, ομότεχνοιGreek
- profesioEsperanto
- profesiónSpanish
- elukutse, ametEstonian
- حرفه, پیشهPersian
- vakuutus, lupaus, professio, uskontunnustus, ammatti, ammattikunta, julistusFinnish
- professionFrench
- dreuchdScottish Gaelic
- पेशाHindi
- foglalkozás, szakma, hivatásHungarian
- մասնագիտությունArmenian
- atvinnaIcelandic
- professioneItalian
- 職業Japanese
- 직업, 職業Korean
- mihne, pîşe, meslek, profesyon, hokar, kariyerKurdish
- amats, profesijaLatvian
- umangaMāori
- profesionMalay
- beroepDutch
- zawód, fachPolish
- profissãoPortuguese
- legământ, meserie, profesiune, profesie, jurământRomanian
- профессияRussian
- poklicSlovene
- yrkeSwedish
- ప్రమాణము, విశ్వాసం, వృత్తిTelugu
- อาชีพThai
- meslekTurkish
- фах, професіяUkrainian
- پیشہUrdu
- nghề, nghề nghiệpVietnamese
- calVolapük
- פּראָפֿעסיעYiddish
- 行业Chinese
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