Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun vocation

2 senses of vocation

Sense 1
career, calling, vocation -- (the particular occupation for which you are trained)
       => 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")

Sense 2
occupational group, vocation -- (a body of people doing the same kind of work)
       => body -- (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body")