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

Need another word that means the same as “occupation”? Find 53 synonyms and 30 related words for “occupation” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Occupation” are: occupancy, military control, business, job, line, line of work, day job, profession, work, line of business, trade, employment, position, post, situation, career, métier, vocation, calling, craft, skill, field, province, walk of life, pastime, activity, leisure activity, hobby, pursuit, interest, entertainment, recreation, diversion, amusement, divertissement, conquest, capture, invasion, seizure, takeover, annexation, overrunning, subjugation, subjection, appropriation, residence, residency, habitation, inhabitation, tenancy, tenure, lease, living in

Occupation as a Noun

Definitions of "Occupation" as a noun

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

• A way of spending time.
• A job or profession.
• The action, state, or period of occupying or being occupied by military force.
• The period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied.
• The action of entering and taking control of a building.
• Any activity that occupies a person's attention.
• The control of a country by military forces of a foreign power.
• The action of living in or using a building or other place.
• The act of occupying or taking possession of a building.
• The principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.

Synonyms of "Occupation" as a noun (53 Words)

activity	A thermodynamic quantity representing the effective concentration of a particular component in a solution or other system equal to its concentration multiplied by an activity coefficient. The room was a hive of activity.
amusement	Something that causes laughter or provides entertainment. We looked with amusement at our horoscopes.
annexation	Incorporation by joining or uniting. The French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896.
appropriation	A sum of money allocated officially for a particular use. Success in obtaining appropriations for projects.
business	Business concerns collectively. The tea business.
calling	The action or sound of calling. The calling of a cuckoo.
capture	A person or thing that has been captured. A bounty hunter who always brings his captures in alive.
career	The time spent by a person in a career. He had a long career in the law.
conquest	A territory which has been subjugated by military force. The conquest of inflation.
craft	An aircraft or spaceship. The craft of cobbling.
day job	A period of opportunity.
diversion	A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern. A diversion from the main highway.
divertissement	A short dance within a ballet that displays a dancer’s technical skill without advancing the plot or character development. The intellectual divertissements of working men.
employment	The occupation for which you are paid. Economies can be made by the full employment of existing facilities.
entertainment	An event, performance, or activity designed to entertain others. The suite provides the setting for entertainment on the grand scale.
field	The force exerted or potentially exerted in a field. A field of corn.
habitation	The fact of living in a particular place. He studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony.
hobby	An early type of bicycle without pedals, propelled by pushing the feet against the ground. Her hobbies are reading and gardening.
inhabitation	The act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men. He studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony.
interest	The selfish pursuit of one s own welfare self interest. He counts reading among his interests.
invasion	Any entry into an area not previously occupied. An invasion of locusts.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. This feature allows your computer to queue print jobs.
lease	Property that is leased or rented out or let. A six month lease on a shop.
leisure activity	Time available for ease and relaxation.
line	Space for one line of print one column wide and 1 14 inch deep used to measure advertising. I ve got Inspector Jackson on the line for you.
line of business	A conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power.
line of work	A formation of people or things one behind another.
living in	People who are still living.
military control	The military forces of a nation.
métier	An asset of special worth or utility.
occupancy	The proportion of hotel or office accommodation occupied or used. 70 per cent occupancy is needed to give a profit.
overrunning	Too much production or more than expected.
pastime	An activity that someone does regularly for enjoyment rather than work; a hobby. Sailing is her favorite pastime.
position	A condition or position in which you find yourself. Moved from third to fifth position.
post	The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. Is there any post for me.
profession	A body of people engaged in a particular profession. A profession of disagreement.
province	A principal administrative division of a country or empire. It was his province to take care of himself.
pursuit	A diversion that occupies one’s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly. Those whose business is the pursuit of knowledge.
recreation	Activity done for enjoyment when one is not working. For recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles.
residence	The fact of living in a particular place. The palace was designated the official residence of the head of state.
residency	The fact of living in a place. He made contact with the KGB residency in Aden.
seizure	A sudden attack of illness, especially a stroke or an epileptic fit. The seizure of the Assembly building.
situation	A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself; a state of affairs. The unpleasant situation or position of having to choose between two evils.
skill	Ability to produce solutions in some problem domain. The skill of a well trained boxer.
subjection	The act of conquering. The country s subjection to European colonialism.
subjugation	The act of subjugating by cruelty. The fear of human subjugation by technology.
takeover	A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation. A company threatened with takeover.
tenancy	Possession of land or property as a tenant. Holding took over the tenancy of the farm.
tenure	Guaranteed permanent employment especially as a teacher or lecturer after a probationary period security of tenure. Tenure for university staff has been abolished.
trade	A trade wind. Players can demand a trade after five years of service.
vocation	The particular occupation for which you are trained. Not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors.
walk of life	A slow gait of a horse in which two feet are always on the ground.
work	A place where work is done. A lot of people are out of work.

Usage Examples of "Occupation" as a noun

• People in professional occupations.
• He missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game.
• The Roman occupation of Britain.
• A property suitable for occupation by older people.
• A game of cards is a pretty harmless occupation.
• Occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal.
• During the German occupation of Paris.
• The workers remained in occupation until 16 October.

Associations of "Occupation" (30 Words)

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.
career	The time spent by a person in a career. The coach careered across the road and went through a hedge.
clerk	Work as a clerk. A clerk in an ice cream store.
contracted	Reduced in size or pulled together. The contracted pupils of her eyes.
contractor	(law) a party to a contract. Building contractors.
employ	The state of being employed or having a job. They are looking for employment.
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. He travelled in a variety of employments.
headhunter	A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies. A headhunter offering you a wonderful new position at a higher salary.
job	A workplace as in the expression on the job. He was jobbed by the Justice Department.
livelihood	The financial means whereby one lives. People whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest.
mercenary	A person hired to fight for another country than their own. Mercenary killers.
occupational	Of or relating to the activity or business for which you are trained. An occupational pension scheme.
office	Holding an office means being in power. A year ago when the President took office.
plumber	A craftsman who installs and repairs pipes and fixtures and appliances.
profession	A body of people engaged in a particular profession. After profession she taught in Maidenhead.
recruiter	An official who enlists personnel for military service. A recruiter will schedule you for an interview.
salesclerk	A salesperson in a store.
salesman	A man whose job involves selling or promoting commercial products, either in a shop or visiting locations to get orders. An insurance salesman.
sinecure	An office that involves minimal duties. Political sinecures for the supporters of ministers.
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.
subcontract	Work under a subcontract engage in a subcontract. Subcontract work.
subcontractor	Someone who enters into a subcontract with the primary contractor.
unemployed	People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group. A training programme for the long term unemployed.
vocation	A body of people doing the same kind of work. Not all of us have a vocation to be nurses or doctors.
workaholic	A person who compulsively works excessively hard and long hours.
working	A scheduled duty or trip performed by a locomotive, train, bus, or other vehicle. His working title for the book was Why People Are Poor.
workplace	A place where people work, such as an office or factory. Workplace nurseries.