calling
What drives you
A calling is work or a way of life that feels like more than just a job—a sense of purpose or vocation, often with spiritual overtones: She felt a calling to medicine.
Originally the word referred to a divine summons to religious service, but now extends to any pursuit that feels deeply meant for you.
Calling also simply means the act of making phone calls or shouting to someone.
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
- purposeReason something exists
mission · trade · craft · ministry · path · pursuit · métier · field
Writ requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
- citationMention of a source
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- jury dutyRequired courtroom participation
witness stand · testimony · appearance · arraignment · hearing · legal notice · mandate · conscription
Clergy's work or state department
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- religious lifeLife devoted to faith
- holy ordersSacrament conferring clergy status
mission · apostolate · evangelism · clergy · vows · consecration · discernment · seminary
Deep, loyal commitment
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- driveOperate a vehicle
- zealIntense driving devotion
- fervorIntense emotional intensity
commitment · enthusiasm · fire · ardor · longing · yearning · heart's desire · inner voice
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
- foreordainedDecided in advance unavoidably
destined · meant to be · life path · purpose · serendipity · fortune · inevitability · fateful
profession
Trained occupational field
- occupationOne's regular paid work
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
purpose · mission · trade · craft · ministry · path · pursuit · métier · field · specialty
subpoena
Writ requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
- citationMention of a source
- court orderBinding judicial directive
jury duty · witness stand · testimony · appearance · arraignment · hearing · legal notice · mandate · conscription · draft
ministry
Clergy's work or state department
- priesthoodOrdained religious office
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
- religious lifeLife devoted to faith
holy orders · mission · apostolate · evangelism · clergy · vows · consecration · discernment · seminary · sacred duty
devotion
Deep, loyal commitment
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
- driveOperate a vehicle
- zealIntense driving devotion
fervor · commitment · enthusiasm · fire · ardor · longing · yearning · heart's desire · inner voice · compulsion
fate
Predetermined course of events
- providenceDivine protective care
- kismetPreordained future outcome
- predestinationDivinely predetermined fate
foreordained · destined · meant to be · life path · purpose · serendipity · fortune · inevitability · fateful · synchronicity
ringing
Sustained resonant sound
- dialingEntering a phone number
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
- callbackFollow-up audition invitation
ring · dial tone · incoming · outgoing · hang up · hold · connection · receiver · buzzing
- communicatingtalking, speaking, telling, sharing, expressing
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- social interactiongreeting, hello, goodbye, hi, bye
- daily activitiescooking, cleaning, eating, sleeping, bathing
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- bird behaviorsflying, soaring, perching, nesting, migrating
callinghobby
Recreational leisure activity
avocation · pastime · recreation · amusement · diversion
callingcurse
Invoked harm through words
affliction · burden · misfortune · punishment · bane
callingjob
Paid position of employment
day job · occupation · employment · work · gig
- calling offWithdrawing from commitment
- calling in sickReporting illness to employer
- calling inContacting by telephone
- calling backResponding by phone later
- calling outPublicly confronting behavior
- calling upContacting by telephone