Definition for Vocation:

• the particular occupation for which you are trained

Synonyms for Vocation:

• n.

  •
  • angelic,
  • article of faith,
  • blaspheme,
  • bless,
  • angel,
  • blessing,
  • blasphemy,
  • archangel,
  • absolution,
  • blasphemous.
  •
  • baby,
  • employ,
  • desk job,
  • Child Labor,
  • consultancy,
  • action,
  • busywork,
  • dead-end job,
  • day job,
  • chore,
  • racket,
  • cover.
  •
  • desire.
  •aspiration (noun)
  • de sires,
  • de-sires,
  • fire the belly,
  • de sire,
  • de-sire,
  • fire belly.
  •business (noun)
  • concern,
  • market,
  • service,
  • interest,
  • commission,
  • holding,
  • career,
  • establishment,
  • firm,
  • venture,
  • partnership,
  • selling,
  • position,
  • barter,
  • proprietorship,
  • situation,
  • negotiation,
  • affair,
  • enterprise,
  • management,
  • activity,
  • commerce,
  • station,
  • labor,
  • merchant,
  • corporation,
  • exchange,
  • industry,
  • busy work,
  • transaction,
  • retailing,
  • company,
  • assignment,
  • consortium.
  •calling (noun)
  • do's,
  • day gigs,
  • lifes work,
  • nine-to-fives,
  • nine to fives,
  • lifes works,
  • nine to five,
  • life works,
  • pro-vinces,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro vince,
  • pro-vince,
  • life's works.
  •department (noun)
  • realms.
  •employment (noun)
  • engagings,
  • occupyings,
  • exercisings,
  • contractings,
  • usings,
  • retainings,
  • signing ons,
  • taking ons,
  • engagement activity application.
  •field (noun)
  • de-mesne,
  • cup tea,
  • de mesne,
  • champaigns.
  •handicraft (noun)
  • craftship,
  • Artifacts,
  • artisanship,
  • artifact.
  •life's work (noun)
  • game,
  • office,
  • post,
  • undertaking,
  • duty,
  • DO,
  • thing,
  • line of business,
  • dodge,
  • role.
  •line (noun)
  • specializations,
  • forte,
  • specialization.
  •line of work (noun)
  • walk of life.
  •livelihood (noun)
  • in comes,
  • in-comes,
  • re source,
  • re-sources,
  • in come,
  • source income,
  • re-source,
  • in-come,
  • bread butter,
  • re sources.
  •mission (noun)
  • under-takings,
  • under taking,
  • under-taking.
  •métier (noun)
  • one specialties,
  • one's specialties,
  • ones specialty,
  • chosen works,
  • one specialty,
  • ones specialties.
  •niche (noun)
  • by-places,
  • in dentation,
  • in dentations,
  • re cesses,
  • by places,
  • re-cess,
  • in-dentations,
  • byplaces,
  • by place,
  • in-dentation.
  •occupational group (noun)
  • occupational group.
  •pursuit (noun)
  • destination,
  • intention,
  • lodestar,
  • search,
  • ambition,
  • target,
  • quest,
  • goal,
  • aim,
  • objective.
  •specialty (noun)
  • claim to fame,
  • majors,
  • special project,
  • specials,
  • object of attention,
  • distinguishing feature,
  • field of concentration,
  • object of study.
  •task (noun)
  • long row hoe,
  • fun games,
  • fun gameses,
  • fun and gameses.
  •walk of life (noun)
  • chosen career.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • art.
  •
  • line.

Paraphrases for Vocation:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    job.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    profession, revocation, provocation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    uses.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Tradesmen, aspiration, devotion, direction, commitment, task, destination, function, mandate, destiny, remit, appointment, nature, role, duty, objective.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    calling, inclination, mission, orientation, dedication, occupation.

Antonyms for Vocation:

• n.

  • life's work
    entertainment, hobby, fun, amusement, unemployment, pastime, recreation, surrender, avocation.

Vocation Sentence Examples:

• Hundreds of men and women come to us, only to find that they have started in the wrong work and have remained in it so long that a change to their true vocation is practically impossible.

• It matters not so much what our vocation as how it is performed.