Mission
Mission noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.
Usage example: your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives
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Synonyms for Mission
Operation is a synonym for mission in sortie topic. In some cases you can use "Operation" instead a noun "Mission", when it comes to topics like assignment, task.
Operation
Operation noun - A specific task with which a person or group is charged.
Usage example: a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of
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Related pairs
- activity and mission
- activity and operation
- enterprise and mission
- enterprise and operation
- undertaking and mission
- undertaking and operation
- business and mission
- business and operation
- work and mission
- work and operation
- action and mission
- action and operation
- exercise and mission
- exercise and operation
How words are described
| special | special mission | special operation |
| particular | particular mission | particular operation |
| current | current mission | current operation |
| single | single mission | single operation |
| Other adjectives: difficult, actual, entire, real, successful, dangerous, main, important, secret, new, major, final, military, last, undercover, covert, previous, soviet, botched. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In The Hunt for Red October, Jack Ryan is told his operation's codename is "Mandolin" and his mission codename is "Magi".
Source: Operation Blank -
Operation Blank: The mission to channel energy from all of Earth's monsters to Gamu and Fujimiya to restore their powers is called the Gaia Mission.
Source: Series / Ultraman Gaia - Generally, the mission name reflects the content of the mission in some way — Operation Metal Shark, for example, focuses heavily on naval units and strategy.
Source: Operation Blank
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Operation and Mission. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mission/operation
Mission & Operation. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/mission/operation>.
Operation or Mission. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/mission/operation.
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