Unemployment and Work

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Unemployment

Unemployment noun - The state of being unemployed or not having a job.
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Work is an antonym for unemployment in topics: laziness, inaction, free time and its activities.
Nearby Words: unemployed, unemployable

Work

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.
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Unemployment is an antonym for work in topics: business, labor.
Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker
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  • Hellevator There's something of a metaphorical example in Mission Hill where Andy has been loafing on unemployment and visits friend Jim at work, who turns out to have a good prestige job.
    Source: Hellevator
  • Resulted in a lot of troubles in The New Russia, with the industries dying out and the towns getting plagued by unemployment, since everybody was supposed to work at a single workplace.
    Source: Boom Town
  • I didn't realise he was out at the bar, I didn't realise "work" meant "unemployment office".
    Source: The Reason You Suck Speech / Professional Wrestling
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Work and Unemployment. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/unemployment/work
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Work or Unemployment. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/unemployment/work.

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