Synonyms for task
tæsk, tɑsk

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. undertaking, project, task, labor(noun)

   any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

   "he prepared for great undertakings"

   Synonyms:
   trade union movement, proletariat, travail, projection, childbed, labour, project, labor movement, working class, toil, parturiency, labor, lying-in, chore, confinement, job, undertaking

2. job, task, chore(verb)

   a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

   "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"

   Synonyms:
   occupation, job, line, chore, line of work, business, problem, caper, project, undertaking, labor

3. task(verb)

   assign a task to

   "I tasked him with looking after the children"

   Synonyms:
   tax

4. tax, task(verb)

   use to the limit

   "you are taxing my patience"

   Synonyms:
   assess, tax

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. task(noun)

   A difficult or tedious undertaking.

   Synonyms:
   undertaking

2. task(noun)

   An objective.

   Synonyms:
   objective, goal

3. task(noun)

   A process or execution of a program.

   Synonyms:
   process

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. task

   Synonyms:
   work, function, labor, job, operation, business, undertaking, drudgery, toil, lesson

   Antonyms:
   relaxation, leisure, amusement, hobby

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. assignment

   1. a piece of work that needs to be done regularly 2. something assigned to be read or studied

   1. his first newspaper assignment was writing obituaries 2. have you found essay writer to write an assignment for tomorrow?

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. task(n.)

   Synonyms:
   work, labor, toil, drudgery

2. task(n.)

   Synonyms:
   employment, business, undertaking, enterprise

3. task(n.)

   Synonyms:
   lesson, exercise

4. task(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   impose a task on

5. task(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   burden, oppress, tax

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. task(n)

   Synonyms:
   work, labor, assignment, stint, study, lesson, exercise

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   tasks, group, mission, job, work, mandate, duty, challenge, force, operational, working, role, mandates, computer, team, function, endeavour, panel, assignment, duties, responsibility, undertaking, remit, equipment, exercise

How to pronounce task?

Alex

US English

Daniel

British

Karen

Australian

Veena

Indian

How to say task in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use task in a sentence?

1. Carlos Lima:

   Federal prosecutors and our own task force will fight ferociously for this investigation to continue to the end, we will not remain silent in the face of any attempts to strip us of this investigation.

2. President Cabrera:

   We are meeting with faculty regularly to plan best modes of instruction, faculty members are also helping flesh out other aspects of the return to campus. In addition, we are closely following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Department of Public Health and the Governor's Coronavirus Task Force.

3. Yin Weimin:

   This involves the resettlement of a total of 1.8 million workers. This task will be very difficult, but we are still very confident.

4. Charles Caleb Colton:

   It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.

5. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez:

   The growth rate( of cases) has shown flattening since we implemented the masks in public rule and we're following the advice of our health care professionals and our hospital administrators who are telling us that what we have to do now is focus on enforcement, we created a special task force just for that and we've been issuing hundreds of tickets over the course of the week.

Images & Illustrations of task