job: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 12 letter points · starts with J · ends with B
Meaning of job
noun
- countable, uncountable
A task.
Example: I've got a job for you: could you wash the dishes?
- countable, uncountable
An economic role for which a person is paid.
Example: That surgeon has a great job.
- countable, uncountable
Plastic surgery.
Example: He had a nose job.
- countable, uncountable
A sex act.
Example: hand job
Listed forms: jobs.
Source: Wiktionary — job.
verb
- intransitive
To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
- intransitive
To work as a jobber.
- intransitive, slang
To take the loss, usually in a demeaning or submissive manner.
- transitive
To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
Listed forms: jobs, jobbing, jobbed.
Source: Wiktionary — job.
verb
- transitive
To pierce or poke (someone or something), typically with a sharp or pointed object; to stab.
- Australia, transitive
To hit (someone) with a quick, sharp punch; to jab.
- archaic, intransitive, regional
To peck (of a bird); (more generally) to poke or prod (at, into).
Listed forms: jobs, jobbing, jobbed.
Source: Wiktionary — job.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for job.
noun
the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- occupation
- business
- line of work
- line
noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
noun
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
noun
a crime (especially a robbery)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is job in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of job
J(8) + O(1) + B(3) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of job
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from job
1 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in job. Showing up to 24, longest first.