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(5.00 / 1 vote)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(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. career

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

   Antonyms:
   misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage

Dictionary of English Synonymes(1.00 / 1 vote)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 synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

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