occupationless C2+ Topic:Work & Careers US /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənləs/ UK /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənləs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj having no job, profession, or regular activity Newly graduated and occupationless, he spent his days reading in the park. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having no job, profession,... unemployedjoblessidleworkless ↔ Opposites employedoccupied Word family Related forms occupationoccupyoccupant Etymology AI details From occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less. occupare Latin capere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Work & Careers Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # occupationless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənləs/ ## Meanings 1. having no job, profession, or regular activity ## Examples - Newly graduated and occupationless, he spent his days reading in the park. ## Synonyms - unemployed - jobless - idle - workless ## Antonyms - employed - occupied ## Related Forms - occupation - occupy - occupant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: occupare - Root: capere ## Etymology From occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less. ## AI Etymology Occupationless is from occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less. Important recorded forms include occupare (Latin) and capere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers having no job, profession, or regular activity. The wider family includes related words such as occupation, occupy, and occupant. ## Topics - Work & Careers - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown