occupation

noun

1 his father's name and occupation are unknown:

job, day job, profession, work, line of work, line of business, trade, employment, position, post, situation, business, career, métier, vocation, calling, craft, skill, field, province, walk of life;

Scottish way;

informal racket, game;

Australian, informal grip;

archaic employ.

2 among her leisure occupations is birdwatching:

pastime, activity, leisure activity, hobby, pursuit, interest, entertainment, recreation, diversion, amusement, divertissement;

archaic resource.

3 a property suitable for occupation by older people:

residence, residency, habitation, inhabitation, occupancy, tenancy, tenure, lease, living in;

possession, use;

incumbency, holding;

formal dwelling;

rare inhabitancy, habitancy, inhabitance, domiciliation.

4 the Roman occupation of Britain:

conquest, capture, invasion, seizure, takeover, annexation, overrunning, subjugation, subjection, appropriation;

colonization, possession, rule, control, suzerainty.

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