CAREER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CAREER?

Need another word that means the same as “career”? Find 49 synonyms and 30 related words for “career” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Career” are: life history, calling, vocation, profession, occupation, employment, job, day job, line, line of work, walk of life, position, post, sphere, existence, life, progress, course, progression, passage, path, professional, permanent, rush, hurtle, streak, shoot, race, bolt, dash, speed, run, gallop, stampede, cannon, careen, whizz, buzz, zoom, flash, blast, charge, hare, fly, wing, pelt, scurry, scud, go like the wind

Career as a Noun

Definitions of "Career" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “career” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.
• The particular occupation for which you are trained.
• The progress through history of an institution, organization, etc.
• The general progression of your working or professional life.
• Working permanently in or committed to a particular profession.
• The time spent by a person in a career.

Synonyms of "Career" as a noun (23 Words)

calling	The action or sound of calling. He considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.
course	A layer of masonry. The course of the river.
day job	The recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working.
employment	The state of being employed or having a job. The employment of a full time tutor.
existence	Continued survival. Our stressed out urban existence.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. A series of daring bank jobs.
life	A sentence of imprisonment for life. Underlay helps to prolong the life of a carpet.
life history	Animation and energy in action or expression.
line	Space for one line of print one column wide and 1 14 inch deep used to measure advertising. There were new lines round her eyes and mouth.
line of work	A short personal letter.
occupation	The action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force. A game of cards is a pretty harmless occupation.
passage	A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. We obtained a permit for safe passage from the embassy.
path	A line or route along which something travels or moves. The missile traced a fiery path in the sky.
permanent	A perm for the hair. A woman with a home permanent.
position	An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute. Traders were covering short positions.
post	A goalpost. Follow the blue posts until the track meets a road.
profession	A body of people engaged in a particular profession. His profession of delight rang hollow.
professional	A person engaged in one of the learned professions. Professionals such as lawyers and surveyors.
progress	Forward or onward movement towards a destination. They failed to make any progress up the estuary.
progression	A series with a definite pattern of advance. A blues progression.
sphere	The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. His social sphere is limited.
vocation	A person’s employment or main occupation, especially regarded as worthy and requiring dedication. Her vocation as a poet.
walk of life	The act of walking somewhere.

Usage Examples of "Career" as a noun

• A career diplomat.
• The court has had a chequered career.
• He seemed destined for a career as an engineer like his father.
• The end of a distinguished career in the Royal Navy.
• The general had had a distinguished career.
• He had a long career in the law.

Career as a Verb

Definitions of "Career" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “career” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Move headlong at high speed.
• Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way.

Synonyms of "Career" as a verb (26 Words)

blast	Strike with divine anger (used to express annoyance or dislike. The gunman blasted away.
bolt	Make or roll into bolts. Bolt fabric.
buzz	Signal to someone with a buzzer. Planes buzzed the crowds in the square.
cannon	Fire a cannon. His shot cannoned off the crossbar.
careen	Walk as if unable to control one’s movements. An electric golf cart careened around the corner.
charge	Energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge. Charge the wagon with hay.
dash	Destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations. I dashed into the garden.
flash	Protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal. A shooting star flashed and was gone.
fly	Cause to fly or float. She is flying to Cincinnati tonight.
gallop	Make a horse gallop. Don t gallop through your speech.
go like the wind	Give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number.
hare	Run quickly like a hare. He hared down the hill.
hurtle	Make a thrusting forward movement. The trucks hurtled them through the grassland to the construction sites.
pelt	Attack and bombard with or as if with missiles. I pelted across the road.
race	Compete in a race. The psychologist raced the rats through a long maze.
run	Of a batsman run from one wicket to the other in scoring or attempting to score a run. Cameras triggered by cars running red lights at intersections.
rush	Cause to move fast or to rush or race. Oliver rushed after her.
scud	Move fast in a straight line because or as if driven by the wind. She scudded me across the head.
scurry	To move about or proceed hurriedly. Pedestrians scurried for cover.
shoot	Of a bud or shoot appear sprout. We go to Scotland to shoot every autumn.
speed	Of a motorist travel at a speed that is greater than the legal limit. The car that crashed was speeding.
stampede	Run away in a stampede. The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating.
streak	Cover a surface with streaks. Swabs were streaked directly on blood agar plates.
whizz	Make a soft swishing sound. Cobbled streets where people whizzed back and forth on bicycles.
wing	Travel on wings or by aircraft fly. George satisfied his keen urge to fly by winging homewards with the Royal Air Force.
zoom	Cause a lens or camera to zoom in or out. Bikes zoomed past.

Usage Examples of "Career" as a verb

• The cars careered down the road.
• The mob careered through the streets.
• The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge.

Associations of "Career" (30 Words)

actively	In an energetic or vigorous way. Actively growing weeds.
barrister	A person called to the bar and entitled to practise as an advocate, particularly in the higher courts.
calling	The action or sound of calling. He considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.
chartered	(of an accountant, engineer, librarian, etc.) qualified as a member of a professional body that has a royal charter. A survey was sent to 100 or the largest chartered corporations.
contractor	The bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps. Building contractors.
diligent	Having or showing care and conscientiousness in one’s work or duties. A diligent or patient worker.
employ	Put into service make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose. Her place of employ.
employed	Put to use. Up to 40 per cent of employed people are in part time jobs.
employee	A person employed for wages or salary, especially at non-executive level.
employment	The action of giving work to someone. Economies can be made by the full employment of existing facilities.
engaged	Unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability engaged is a British term for a busy telephone line. The carpenter engaged or employed for the job is sick.
headhunter	A member of a society that collects the heads of dead enemies as trophies. A headhunter offering you a wonderful new position at a higher salary.
hire	A newly hired employee. They hired two new secretaries in the department.
hired	Hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers. A hired gun.
idle	Run disconnected or idle. The car engine was running at idle.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. A series of daring bank jobs.
latecomer	A person who arrives late. Latecomers were not admitted before the interval.
occupation	The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied. Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal.
plumber	A craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
profession	A body of people engaged in a particular profession. A profession of faith in Jesus Christ.
proletarian	Relating to the proletariat. They are true proletarians.
qualified	Holding appropriate documentation and officially on record as qualified to perform a specified function or practice a specified skill. Many qualified applicants for the job.
recruiter	An official who enlists personnel for military service. Military recruiters.
retired	(of a place) quiet and secluded. He lead a simple and retired life.
semiskilled	Possessing or requiring limited skills. A semiskilled job.
solicitor	A member of the legal profession qualified to deal with conveyancing the drawing up of wills and other legal matters A solicitor may also instruct barristers and represent clients in some courts. She had been a telephone solicitor for a Chicago newspaper.
subcontractor	A firm or person that carries out work for a company as part of a larger project.
vocation	The particular occupation for which you are trained. Not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors.
worker	A person who works at a specific occupation. A red flag with the inscription workers of the world unite.
working	(of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing. Childcare for working parents.