Synonyms and Antonyms of employment

synonym (synonym of employment)

  • (noun.state)
    employ
    the state of being employed or having a job (noun.state)
     
  • (noun.act)
    work
    the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    engagement
    the act of giving someone a job (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization
    the act of using (noun.act)
     

antonym (antonym of employment)

  • (noun.state)
    unemployment
    the state of being unemployed or not having a job (noun.state)
     

hypernym (employment IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • the act of giving someone a job (noun.act)
    action
    something done (usually as opposed to something said) (noun.act)
     
  • the act of using (noun.act)
    activity
    any specific behavior (noun.act)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • the state of being employed or having a job (noun.state)
    state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes (noun.tops)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF employment relation)

  • the act of giving someone a job (noun.act)
    shape-up
    a way of hiring longshoremen by the day; applicants gather around a union boss who selects those to be hired (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    call-back
    the recall of an employee after a layoff (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    booking, reservation
    the act of reserving (a place or passage) or engaging the services of (a person or group) (noun.act)
     
  • the act of using (noun.act)
    practice
    the exercise of a profession (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    play
    utilization or exercise (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    abuse, misuse
    improper or excessive use (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    development, exploitation
    the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    recycling
    the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    application, practical application
    the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose (noun.act)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    coaching, coaching job
    the job of a professional coach (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    booking, engagement
    employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    ministry
    the work of a minister of religion (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    navigation, sailing, seafaring
    the work of a sailor (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    work load, workload
    work that a person is expected to do in a specified time (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    piecework
    work paid for according to the quantity produced (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    service
    employment in or work for another (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    telecommuting, teleworking
    employment at home while communicating with the workplace by phone or fax or modem (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    services
    performance of duties or provision of space and equipment helpful to others (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    public service
    employment within a government system (especially in the civil service) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    paper route
    the job of delivering newspapers regularly (noun.act)
     

derivation (.... is derived from employment)

  • the act of giving someone a job (noun.act)
    employ, engage, hire
    engage or hire for work (verb.social)
     
  • the act of using (noun.act)
    apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
    put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose (verb.consumption)
     
  • (verb.consumption)
    habituate, use
    take or consume (regularly or habitually) (verb.consumption)
     
  • (adj.all)
    exercise, exert
    put to use (adj.all)
     
  • (verb.social)
    do, exercise, practice, practise
    carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions (verb.social)
     
  • the occupation for which you are paid (noun.act)
    put to work, work
    cause to work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    do work, work
    be employed (verb.social)
     
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