Synonyms for profession
prəˈfɛʃ ənpro·fes·sion

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1. profession

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, calling, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. profession

   Synonyms:
   avowal, declaration, business, occupation, trade, calling, vocation

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. professionnoun

   the body of people in a learned occupation

   "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists"

   Synonyms:
   professing

2. professionnoun

   an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

   Synonyms:
   professing

3. profession, professingnoun

   an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

   "a profession of disagreement"

   Synonyms:
   professing

4. professionnoun

   affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

   "a profession of Christianity"

   Synonyms:
   professing

Matched Categories

1. • Affirmation
   • Avowal
   • Occupation
   • Occupational Group

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1. professionnoun

   Synonyms:
   declaration, avowal, claim

2. professionnoun

   Synonyms:
   employment (that requires a learned education), calling, occupation, business, AVOCATION

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1. professionnoun

   Synonyms:
   acknowledgment, avowal, vocation, business, calling

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1. List of paraphrases for "profession":

   occupation, professional, professions, occupations, territories, career, occupational, vocational, vocation, industry

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How to use profession in a sentence?

1. Michael Harrison:

   The fear is that they could lose everything for making a mistake on the job, even if they don't have ill will intent, many officers then take the position that it's not worth it to be in this profession.

2. Ashley Moody:

   We need to make sure they have financial incentive to look upon law enforcement as a profession that they can [have to] provide for their family.

3. Prosecutor Molins:

   The head was discovered hanging on the factory's wire fence, framed by two flags that included references to the shahada, or (Muslim) profession of faith.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

5. Baltimore Police:

   In spite of the protests, the uprising, in spite of what some would call an anti-police sentiment, there's a new generation of recruits joining our profession who fully embrace where policing is going and not where it was.