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business
Overview of noun business
The noun business has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts)
1. (1268) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation -- (a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern")
2. (291) commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business -- (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business")
3. (177) business, business sector -- (business concerns collectively; "Government and business could not agree")
4. (122) business -- (the volume of commercial activity; "business is good today"; "show me where the business was today")
5. (63) business -- (a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business")
6. (33) occupation, business, job, line of work, line -- (the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business")
7. (13) business -- (an immediate objective; "gossip was the main business of the evening")
8. (3) business, stage business, byplay -- (incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious")
9. (1) clientele, patronage, business -- (customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun business
9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> transaction, dealing, dealings
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
business, business sector
=> sector
=> body
=> gathering, assemblage
=> social group
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
business
=> business activity, commercial activity
=> enterprise, endeavor, endeavour
=> undertaking, project, task, labor
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
business
=> concern, worry, headache, vexation
=> negative stimulus
=> stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
=> information
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
business
=> aim, object, objective, target
=> goal, end
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
business, stage business, byplay
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> performing arts
=> humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts
=> discipline, subject, subject area, subject field, field, field of study, study, bailiwick, branch of knowledge
=> knowledge domain, knowledge base
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
clientele, patronage, business
=> people
=> group, grouping
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun business
7 of 9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> agency
=> brokerage
=> carrier, common carrier
=> chain
=> firm, house, business firm
=> franchise, dealership
=> manufacturer, maker, manufacturing business
=> partnership
=> processor
=> shipbuilder
=> underperformer
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> tourism, touristry
=> fishing
=> butchery, butchering
=> storage
=> industry, manufacture
=> field, field of operation, line of business
=> employee-owned enterprise, employee-owned business
=> finance
=> discount business
=> real-estate business
=> advertising, publicizing
=> publication, publishing
=> printing
=> packaging
=> agribusiness, agriculture, factory farm
=> construction, building
=> transportation, shipping, transport
=> venture
Sense 3
business, business sector
=> big business
Sense 4
business
=> trade, patronage
=> land-office business
Sense 6
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> confectionery
=> sport
=> farming, land
=> game, biz
=> career, calling, vocation
=> employment, work
=> appointment
=> position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
=> treadmill, salt mine
=> trade, craft
=> profession
=> metier, medium
=> accountancy, accounting
=> photography
=> catering
Sense 7
business
=> occasions
Sense 8
business, stage business, byplay
=> shtik, schtik, shtick, schtick
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun business
9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> enterprise
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Sense 3
business, business sector
=> sector
Sense 4
business
=> business activity, commercial activity
Sense 5
business
=> concern, worry, headache, vexation
Sense 6
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> activity
Sense 7
business
=> aim, object, objective, target
Sense 8
business, stage business, byplay
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
Sense 9
clientele, patronage, business
=> people
Antonyms of noun business
Member Holonyms of noun business
Substance Holonyms of noun business
Part Holonyms of noun business
1 of 9 senses of business
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
PART OF: market, marketplace
Member Meronyms of noun business
1 of 9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
HAS MEMBER: division
Substance Meronyms of noun business
Part Meronyms of noun business
1 of 9 senses of business
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
HAS PART: business activity, commercial activity
Meronyms of noun business
2 of 9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
HAS MEMBER: division
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
HAS PART: business activity, commercial activity
Holonyms of noun business
1 of 9 senses of business
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
PART OF: market, marketplace
Attributes of noun business
Derived Forms of noun business
Domain of noun business
3 of 9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
TOPIC>(noun) commercial enterprise#2, business enterprise#1, business#2
Sense 3
business, business sector
TOPIC>(noun) commercial enterprise#2, business enterprise#1, business#2
Sense 4
business
TOPIC>(noun) commercial enterprise#2, business enterprise#1, business#2
Domain Terms of noun business
3 of 9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
TOPIC TERM>(noun) shipping room#1
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
TOPIC TERM>(adj) dull#8, slow#6, sluggish#2
TOPIC TERM>(adj) hostile#7
TOPIC TERM>(adj) tangible#3
TOPIC TERM>(adj) intangible#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) overcapitalization#1, overcapitalisation#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) operation#11
TOPIC TERM>(noun) business#4
TOPIC TERM>(noun) administration#1, disposal#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) establishment#4
TOPIC TERM>(noun) gambling house#1, gambling den#1, gambling hell#1, gaming house#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) shrewdness#1, astuteness#1, perspicacity#1, perspicaciousness#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) film#2, cinema#1, celluloid#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) business people#1, businesspeople#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) business#3, business sector#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) business#1, concern#3, business concern#1, business organization#1, business organisation#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) capitalist#2
TOPIC TERM>(noun) copartner#1
TOPIC TERM>(noun) player#4
TOPIC TERM>(noun) bankroll#1, roll#6
TOPIC TERM>(noun) stagnation#1, stagnancy#2, doldrums#1
TOPIC TERM>(verb) privatize#1, privatise#1
Sense 3
business, business sector
TOPIC TERM>(verb) incorporate#3
Familiarity of noun business
business used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun business
9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
> enterprise
=> giant
=> collective
=> business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
=> commercial enterprise
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
=> trading
=> trade
=> e-commerce
=> exchange, interchange
=> initial public offering, IPO, initial offering
=> commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
=> carriage trade
=> importing, importation
=> exporting, exportation
=> marketing
=> distribution
=> selling, merchandising, marketing
=> traffic
=> payment, defrayal, defrayment
=> evasion, nonpayment
Sense 3
business, business sector
> sector
=> business, business sector
=> black economy
Sense 4
business
> business activity, commercial activity
=> operation
=> business
=> wash
Sense 5
business
> concern, worry, headache, vexation
=> bugaboo
=> burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus
=> business
Sense 6
occupation, business, job, line of work, line
> activity
=> variation, variance
=> space walk
=> domesticity
=> operation
=> operation
=> practice, pattern
=> diversion, recreation
=> cup of tea, bag, dish
=> follow-up, followup
=> game
=> turn, play
=> music
=> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> liveliness, animation
=> burst, fit
=> work
=> works, deeds
=> service
=> occupation, business, job, line of work, line
=> occupation
=> writing, committal to writing
=> role
=> wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
=> waste, wastefulness, dissipation
=> attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
=> control
=> protection
=> sensory activity
=> education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity
=> training, preparation, grooming
=> representation
=> creation, creative activity
=> dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly
=> line function, line duty
=> puncture
=> search, hunt, hunting
=> use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise
=> operation, military operation
=> measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration
=> calibration, standardization, standardisation
=> organization, organisation
=> grouping
=> support, supporting
=> continuance, continuation
=> procedure, process
=> ceremony
=> ceremony
=> worship
=> energizing, activating, activation
=> concealment, concealing, hiding
=> placement, location, locating, position, positioning, emplacement
=> provision, supply, supplying
=> demand
=> pleasure
=> enjoyment, delectation
=> lamentation, mourning
=> laughter
=> market, marketplace
=> preparation, readying
=> aid, assist, assistance, help
=> support
=> behavior, behaviour, conduct, doings
=> behavior, behaviour
=> leadership, leading
=> precession, precedence, precedency
=> solo
=> buzz
=> fun
=> sin, hell
=> release, outlet, vent
=> last
=> mystification, obfuscation
=> negotiation
=> perturbation, disturbance
=> timekeeping
Sense 7
business
> aim, object, objective, target
=> grail
=> business
=> point
=> thing
Sense 8
business, stage business, byplay
> acting, playing, playacting, performing
=> portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation
=> impersonation, personation
=> method acting, method
=> mime, pantomime, dumb show
=> business, stage business, byplay
=> skit
=> hamming, overacting
=> heroics
=> reenactment
=> roleplaying
Sense 9
clientele, patronage, business
> people
=> peoples
=> age group, age bracket, cohort
=> ancients
=> baffled
=> blind
=> blood
=> brave
=> timid, cautious
=> business people, businesspeople
=> damned
=> dead
=> living
=> deaf
=> defeated, discomfited
=> disabled, handicapped
=> doomed, lost
=> enemy
=> episcopacy, episcopate
=> folk, folks, common people
=> free, free people
=> homebound
=> initiate, enlightened
=> uninitiate
=> mentally retarded, retarded
=> network army
=> nationality
=> peanut gallery
=> pocket
=> retreated
=> sick
=> tradespeople
=> wounded, maimed
=> migration
=> class, social class, socio-economic class
=> nation, land, country
=> poor people, poor
=> rich people, rich
=> populace, public, world
=> population
=> community
=> coevals, contemporaries, generation
=> lobby
=> clientele, patronage, business
=> rank and file
=> smart money
=> unconfessed
=> unemployed people, unemployed
=> womankind
=> chosen people
Meronyms of noun business
9 senses of business
Sense 1
business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
HAS MEMBER: division
=> enterprise
=> organization, organisation
HAS MEMBER: quorum
HAS MEMBER: membership, rank
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
HAS PART: business activity, commercial activity
=> commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
HAS PART: transportation, shipping, transport
Sense 9
clientele, patronage, business
=> people
HAS MEMBER: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Holonyms of noun business
1 of 9 senses of business
Sense 2
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
PART OF: market, marketplace
Grep of noun business
agribusiness
airline business
aluminum business
big business
business
business activity
business address
business agent
business card
business college
business community
business concern
business cycle
business data processing
business deal
business deduction
business department
business district
business editor
business enterprise
business establishment
business executive
business expense
business firm
business index
business interruption insurance
business leader
business letter
business life
business line
business loan
business lunch
business news
business office
business organisation
business organization
business people
business relation
business relationship
business school
business sector
business suit
business traveler
businessman
businessmen
businesspeople
businessperson
businesswoman
computer business
discount business
employee-owned business
family business
fashion business
going-out-of-business sale
land-office business
line of business
manufacturing business
master in business
master in business administration
meat-packing business
monkey business
oil business
order of business
personal business
place of business
printing business
real-estate business
show business
small business administration
stage business
toy business
unfinished business
Grep of adj business
businesslike
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