- jobholding
- (Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Having a job: employed, hired, retained, working. See WORK.
English dictionary for students. 2013.
English dictionary for students. 2013.
working — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. effective; operational. See utility. n. pl. works, parts, action. See composition. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Functioning] Syn. toiling, laboring, moving, in process, in good condition, in force, in … English dictionary for students
employed — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. working, occupied, busy, laboring, gainfully employed, holding down a job, not out of work, not on the unemployed rolls, not on the relief rolls, in collar, in someone s employ, in someone s pay, hard at it, on the job … English dictionary for students
hired — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. contracted, signed up, given work; see busy 1 , employed , engaged 3 , working . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having a job: employed, jobholding, retained, working. See WORK … English dictionary for students
retained — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Kept] Syn. had, held, possessed, owned, enjoyed, secured, preserved, husbanded, saved, maintained, restrained, confined, curbed, detained, contained, received, admitted, included, withheld, held back, put away, treasured … English dictionary for students