100 Other Words for “Job”

No.	Term	Definition
1.	Accountability	Responsibility for work outcomes.
2.	Act	Deed; thing done.
3.	Activity	Something done; a pursuit.
4.	Administrative work	Office management tasks.
5.	Appointment	Assigned position or role.
6.	Assignment	Task given to complete.
7.	Bailiwick	One’s sphere of work.
8.	Billable work	Work charged to a client.
9.	Biz	Informal: business matters.
10.	Brief	Set of instructions for work.
11.	Business	Commercial work activity.
12.	Calling	Vocation; life’s work.
13.	Career	Long-term professional path.
14.	Case	Matter handled professionally.
15.	Charge	Duty or responsibility assigned.
16.	Chore	Routine, often unpleasant task.
17.	Clerical work	Office paperwork tasks.
18.	Commission	Task ordered by an authority.
19.	Commitment	Obligation to perform work.
20.	Consulting	Advisory professional services.
21.	Contract	Formal agreement for services.
22.	Contribution	Work added to a group effort.
23.	Covenant	Binding agreement to work.
24.	Craft	Skilled trade or art.
25.	Deal	Arrangement involving work.
26.	Deliverable	Work product to be delivered.
27.	Departmental role	Role within a department.
28.	Designated duty	Specified work responsibility.
29.	Duties	Required tasks of a role.
30.	Employment	Paid work for an employer.
31.	Endeavor	Serious effort; enterprise.
32.	Engagement	Agreed period of work.
33.	Errand	Short trip to complete a task.
34.	Field	Area of professional work.
35.	Function	Role or purpose at work.
36.	Functionary post	Official position with duties.
37.	Gainful work	Work done for pay.
38.	Gig	Short-term paid work.
39.	Graft	Hard work; labor.
40.	Handiwork	Work done by hand.
41.	Hard labor	Physically demanding work.
42.	Hiring	Being taken on for work.
43.	Hustle	Energetic effort to earn.
44.	Imposition	Burdensome task or duty.
45.	Industry	Sector of economic activity.
46.	Initiative	Planned effort or program.
47.	Instruction	Directive to perform work.
48.	Internship	Temporary training position.
49.	Issue	Problem requiring work to resolve.
50.	J-O-B substitute	General work substitute term.
51.	Jobbing	Doing small paid tasks.
52.	Kip	Informal: work stint (rare).
53.	Labor	Physical or mental work.
54.	Laboring	Working hard; exerting effort.
55.	Line of work	Type of work done.
56.	Livelihood	Means of earning a living.
57.	Mandate	Official order to act.
58.	Manner of work	Way one works professionally.
59.	Manual work	Hands-on physical tasks.
60.	Mission	Purposeful work assignment.
61.	Occupation	Regular work or profession.
62.	Office	Position of duty or authority.
63.	On-call duty	Work availability requirement.
64.	Operation	Planned work activity.
65.	Order	Request for work or goods.
66.	Piecework	Paid per item completed.
67.	Position	Employment role or post.
68.	Post	Position in an organization.
69.	Posting	Advertised position or role.
70.	Practice	Professional work, especially medicine/law.
71.	Proceeding	Course of action; work process.
72.	Profession	Skilled career requiring training.
73.	Project	Planned set of tasks.
74.	Pursuit	Activity one follows regularly.
75.	Quest	Pursued goal requiring effort.
76.	Racket	Informal: line of business.
77.	Responsibility	Duty one is expected to handle.
78.	Role	Function or part performed.
79.	Routine	Regular set of tasks.
80.	Run	Work shift or delivery round.
81.	Scope	Range of work responsibilities.
82.	Service	Work done for others.
83.	Serviceable task	Useful task to be done.
84.	Shift	Scheduled work period.
85.	Situation	Informal: employment position.
86.	Slog	Long, hard work.
87.	Specialty	Specific area of work.
88.	Station	Rank or post of duty.
89.	Stint	Limited period of work.
90.	Task	Piece of work to do.
91.	Toil	Strenuous, prolonged work.
92.	Tour of duty	Fixed period of service.
93.	Trade	Skilled manual occupation.
94.	Undertaking	Project or commitment to do work.
95.	Unit of work	Measurable work package.
96.	Vocation	Strongly felt occupation.
97.	Work	Effort to achieve a result.
98.	Work assignment	Specific work given to someone.
99.	Work detail	Assigned group of tasks.
100.	Work order	Authorization to perform work.