Hobby and Work

Opposite meaning words

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

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Work is an antonym for hobby in pleasurable pastime topic.

Nearby Word: hobbyist

Work noun - The activity by which one regularly makes a living.

Usage example: what line of work are you in?

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Hobby is an antonym for work in business topic.

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

old	old hobby	old work
nice	nice hobby	nice work
particular	particular hobby	particular work
normal	normal hobby	normal work
Other adjectives: specific, current, original, single, popular, actual, entire, real, little, main, new, early, major, greatest, different, favorite.

She's friendly, passionate about her work and hobby, and worried about her distressed friend.

Source: Web Animation / Turnabout Storm
She's friendly, passionate about her work and hobby, and worried about her distressed friend; making an awful lot of contrast with the other griffon present in the series.

Source: Nice Guy / Fan Works
Attention Deficit Creator Disorder crammed with massive references and explanations needed to just make a pun work, yet free of Schedule Slip and they are doing it as a hobby!

Source: Doing It for the Art

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