Synonyms for career
kəˈrɪərca·reer

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

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 AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. career

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

   Antonyms:
   misproceeding, misdeportment, unsuccess, miscarriage

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. career, calling, vocationnoun

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

   Synonyms:
   occupational group, life history, calling, vocation

2. career, life historyverb

   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. careerverb

   move headlong at high speed

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

Matched Categories

1. • Occupation
   • Travel

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. careernoun

   Synonyms:
   course, race

2. careernoun

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

3. careerverb

   Synonyms:
   sweep, rush, course, move rapidly

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "career":

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

Suggested Resources

1. Career

   Career vs. Carrier -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Career and Carrier.

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1. Robbie Williams:

   I'm beyond excited to announce my first ever Christmas album. I've done a lot in my career and releasing this record is another dream come true.

2. Michelle Caruso-Cabrera:

   I am the daughter and granddaughter of working class Italian and Cuban immigrants, i am so lucky to have had such a wonderful career and I want everybody to have the opportunity that I've had. That's why I'm running.

3. Chuck Grassley:

   Respectfully, the career public servants and professionals at The FBI know what they're doing and how best to conduct a background investigation. The FBI's business should be carried out independent of political or partisan considerations. I hope my York Democratic colleagues do not attempt to interfere in that process.

4. Brooke Cucinella:

   We all tease him about his multiple appearances on TV and his celebrity status, but I think this is sort of a return to the core of what he's done for most of his career.

5. Vitali Shkliarov:

   Putin has the lowest popularity rating of his political career so far, the situation has gotten so bad that the government stopped conducting daily approval rating polls, which they had been doing for years, because the results were reflecting very badly on Putins handling of the situation.