noun
working for a living;
Synonyms: engagement in activity application, assignment, avocation, awarding, business, calling, carrying, commissioning, contracting, craft, employ, engaging, enlistment, enrollment, exercise, exercising, exertion, field, function, game, hire, hiring, job, line, métier, mission, number, occupation, occupying, office, position, post, profession, pursuit, racket, recruitment, retaining, service, servicing, setup, signing on, situation, taking on, thing, trade, using, vocation, what one is into, work
Antonyms: idleness, inactivity, unemployment
noun
using something
Synonyms: adoption, appliance, application, disposition, exercise, exercising, exertion, exploitation, handling, operation, play, purpose, usage, usance, use, utilization
Antonyms: misuse