The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - job n.

1) work, employment, position, berth, livelihood; career, occupation, calling, vocation, appointment, pursuit, field, trade, craft, profession, m‚tier, area: What kind of job is she looking for? Harry has a new job. 2) assignment, responsibility, concern, chore, task, undertaking, function, duty, role, mission, province, contribution, charge: It is my job to see that the machines run properly. 3) task, undertaking, procedure, proceeding, affair, operation, project, activity, business, matter, chore: The job of changing the gasket will take only a few minutes. 4) problem, difficulty, burden, nuisance, bother; toil, grind, drudgery; Colloq headache, pain (in the neck) , hassle, Slang pain in the Brit arse or US ass: It was a real job getting them to pay for the damage. 5) crime, felony; robbery, burglary, Slang US and Canadian caper: From the modus operandi, I'd say that the same gang did that job in Manchester. --v. 6) Often, job out. let out, assign, apportion, allot, share out, contract, hire, employ, subcontract, farm out, consign, commission: They undertake to do the work, but then they job it out to others.