Synonyms for career
kəˈrɪər

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. career, calling, vocation(noun)

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

   Synonyms:
   occupational group, life history, calling, vocation

2. career, life history(verb)

   the general progression of your working or professional life

   "the general had had a distinguished career"; "he had a long career in the law"

   Synonyms:
   life story, life history, calling, life, vocation, biography

3. career(verb)

   move headlong at high speed

   "The cars careered down the road"; "The mob careered through the streets"

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. career

   A career was originally the ground for a race, or, especially, for a knight's charge in tournament or battle; whence career was early applied to the charge itself.

   If you will use the lance, take ground for your career.... The four horsemen met in full career.

   Scott Quentin Durward ch. 14, p. 194. [D. F. & CO.]

   In its figurative use career signifies some continuous and conspicuous work, usually a life-work, and most frequently one of honorable achievement. Compare BUSINESS.

   Synonyms:
   charge, course, flight, line of achievement, passage, public life, race, rush

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. career

   Synonyms:
   course, success, walk, line, progress, history, race

   Antonyms:
   misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage

Dictionary of English Synonymes(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. career(n.)

   Synonyms:
   course, race

2. career(n.)

   Synonyms:
   procedure, conduct, course of action, manner of life

3. career(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   sweep, rush, course, move rapidly

PPDB, the paraphrase database(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "career":

   careers, quarry, carrière, professional, vocational, race, occupational, carrera, quarries, quarrying, profession, career-related, functional, professionals, racing

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1. Elzear Blaze, La Vie Militaire:

   In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....And also frozen feet, an arm or leg the less, a bullet lodged between two bones which the surgeon cannot extract....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.

2. Nigel Farage:

   The reason I am back today doing what I am doing is because frankly we've been betrayed by our career political class, if the Brexit Party comes out on top in a couple of weeks time, we must have a place at the negotiating table with the government to help put together our strategy.

3. Bill Cassara:

   It’s been 13 years now since I retired, i wanted to talk about the people that influenced my life and career. As someone who is passionate about films, I felt now was the right time to share these stories.

4. Anthony Varvaro:

   I figured that I had a pretty successful career in baseball, I had played a number of seasons and I was fine moving on to the next step of my life knowing that I could choose what I wanted to do.

5. Adam Nawalka:

   Robert is an excellent captain as well as excellent player, his attitude is always very professional and I believe he can be viewed as an example by other players of how to run their career.

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