DUTIES Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

duties

noun

plural of duty

as in taxes

a charge usually of money collected by the government from people or businesses for public use the shop at the airport charges no duty on tourist memorabilia

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as in tasks

a piece of work that needs to be done regularly the regular duties of a lifeguard

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as in responsibilities

something one must do because of prior agreement I must obey the call of duty and serve my country

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Recent Examples of duties The service previously operated the EC-130Q for TACAMO duties from 1963 through 1993, according to Lockheed Martin. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 Rome — Pope Leo XIV left hospital Saturday, four days after undergoing lung cancer surgery in a swift return to his duties following the first health scare of his papacy. — Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026 This news conceivably means Moton will assume starting duties just as rookie offensive tackle Monroe Freeling recovers from a knee injury. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026 Virgil is sharing interim head coaching duties with coach Brice Musgrove, according to a letter to Longhorn parents Cedar Hill sent to the Star-Telegram. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2026 An agent that can both draft and post a journal entry has the same segregation-of-duties problem as a clerk who can do both. — Jacqueline Destefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Trade negotiations between the United States and Mexico have reached an impasse after months of talks between officials about a deal to reduce duties on critical imports from beyond the southern border. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 Sidharta Tata returns to direct and shares duties on the feature with co-director Fajar Martha Santosa. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 More than 1,500 potential voters signed up for a meeting of the Los Angeles Continuum of Care board to pick a replacement for the core duties of the beleaguered Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The software platform can manage workflows between human resources and IT, even if the tasks involve an outside chatbot such as Claude.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Researchers trained it on tasks with known loopholes—ways to get rewarded without actually completing the task as intended— then gave it new challenges.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of tasks

Noun

At Moontrail, creative direction, storytelling, emotional decisions and artistic judgment remain purely human responsibilities.

— Kevin Giraud, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Technical capabilities are evolving quickly, but so are the human skills needed to work effectively alongside AI, adapt to changing workflows and take on new responsibilities.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of responsibilities

Noun

In this new 34-page complaint filed on October 16 in the state Supreme Court, Amy Helm alleges that Parillo took control of LHS by way of voting assignments.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
This defense needs to find a way to make quarterbacks uncomfortable without becoming blitz crazy, and that means Chop Robinson, Josh Uche and Malik Herring must step up and win more of their 1-on-1 assignments.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of assignments

Noun

The new rules would not restrict banks' ability to count housing tax credit investments toward their Community Reinvestment Act obligations, an administration official said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Anthropic doesn’t share much financial information with lenders and the exact level of its obligations struck some investors as unsettled.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of obligations

Noun

The protection of American jobs justified the chains of bondage, or so the argument went.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Engagement is often seen as a metric about sentiment that can be measured and tracked, but is treated as something employees bring—or fail to bring—to their jobs.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of jobs

Noun

While many nations were already moving towards taking over their maternal and child health needs, lead times for orders can be a year or more, five former USAID officials said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
Constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment prohibit deliberate indifference to prisoners’ medical needs.

— Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026

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