Hobby and Task

Opposite meaning words

Hobby noun - An activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure.

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Task is an antonym for hobby.

Nearby Word: hobbyist

Task noun - A piece of work that needs to be done regularly.

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Hobby is an antonym for task in job or chore topic.

Nearby Words: tasked, taskwork, tasking

particular	particular hobby	particular task
common	common hobby	common task
specific	specific hobby	specific task
complex	complex hobby	complex task
Other adjectives: separate, current, original, single, actual, dangerous, grim, main, personal, new, major, mundane, different.

Once his son got him to take up juggling, a hobby that forced him to fully focus his attention on a task unrelated to crime or security, he was able to step back from his worries and get some proper rest.

Source: The Insomniac
Linus Torvalds: I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones.[...] It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc.), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks.

Source: It Will Never Catch On / Real Life

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