occupation
What you do
Occupation is work that occupies your time—a job, profession, or regular employment: What's your occupation?
The word also means the act of occupying a place.
Military occupation is forcible control of territory by foreign troops.
Occupation of a building means people are inside using it.
An occupying force holds ground; an occupying tenant holds a lease.
Paid position of employment
- workplaceEmployment location
- employeeHired organizational member
- employerOne who employs others
- hireTake on for work
unemployment · recruitment · vacancy · payroll · wages · salary · benefits · pension
Forcible entry into territory
- armyOrganized land-based military
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
forces · annexation · resistance · liberation · guerrilla · insurgency · zone · troops
Strongly felt purpose
- purposeReason something exists
- passionIntense emotional drive
- missionPurpose-driven task
- life's workOne's greatest lasting contribution
dedication · fulfillment · craftsmanship · service · commitment · devotion · artistry · gift
Public display of opinion
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- blockadeSealing off a place
- picketingOrganized protest outside workplace
walkout · rally · marches · dissent · activism · boycott · civil disobedience · squatting
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
- successFavorable outcome attained
networking · resume · credentials · experience · achievement · ladder · progression · mentorship
Industrial product creation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- constructionProcess of building something
- energyPower to do work
automotive · aerospace · healthcare · finance · hospitality · retail · telecommunications · mining
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- settlersThose who establish homes
indigenous · decolonization · commonwealth · neocolonialism · mandate · protectorate · administration · subjugation
Licensed medical healer
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- engineerTechnical design professional
- architectBuilding design professional
- accountantFinancial records keeper
nurse · teacher · plumber · electrician · carpenter · chef · pilot · firefighter
Recreational leisure activity
- activityEngagement in doing
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- leisureFree time for relaxation
- recreationRefreshment through leisure
interest · engagement · distraction · amusement · diversion · entertainment · absorbing · engrossing
job
Paid position of employment
hire · unemployment · recruitment · vacancy · payroll · wages · salary · benefits · pension · retirement
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- armyOrganized land-based military
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
siege · forces · annexation · resistance · liberation · guerrilla · insurgency · zone · troops · deployment
calling
Strongly felt purpose
life's work · dedication · fulfillment · craftsmanship · service · commitment · devotion · artistry · gift · talent
demonstration
Public display of opinion
picketing · walkout · rally · marches · dissent · activism · boycott · civil disobedience · squatting · encampment
advancement
Forward movement or promotion
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- ambitionDesire for achievement
- aspirationStrong desire for achievement
success · networking · resume · credentials · experience · achievement · ladder · progression · mentorship · goal-setting
manufacturing
Industrial product creation
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- technologyApplied scientific methods
- constructionProcess of building something
energy · automotive · aerospace · healthcare · finance · hospitality · retail · telecommunications · mining · entertainment
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
settlers · indigenous · decolonization · commonwealth · neocolonialism · mandate · protectorate · administration · subjugation · extraction
doctor
Licensed medical healer
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- engineerTechnical design professional
- architectBuilding design professional
accountant · nurse · teacher · plumber · electrician · carpenter · chef · pilot · firefighter · police officer
hobby
Recreational leisure activity
recreation · interest · engagement · distraction · amusement · diversion · entertainment · absorbing · engrossing
- Space Empireemperor, stormtroopers, Sith, dark lord, conquest
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- census listspopulation, headcount, households, ages, birthplace
- war resultsvictory, defeat, surrender, truce, stalemate
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- day jobsday job, full-time job, nine-to-five
occupationunemployment
Being without paid work
leisure · idleness · retirement · vacation · hobby
occupationliberation
Release from constraint
withdrawal · evacuation · abandonment · retreat · surrender
occupationidleness
State of doing nothing
inactivity · inaction · boredom · ennui · listlessness
- German occupationMilitary seizure of territory
- occupational hazardDanger specific to one's profession
- military occupationForeign army's territorial administration
- occupational therapyRestoring practical life abilities
- Nazi occupationWWII German military rule
- occupational therapistHelps patients regain functional abilities
occupational name, preoccupation, occupational, occupations, reoccupation, occupationally