LexiTopic: Occupations
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 171 words that are used in 203 different ways to identify different Occupations in the A-O portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 74% of the entire lexicon.
These words are also indexed with the relevant professions or industries.
The list is given below, followed by the topical analysis, with definitions.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Spelling Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Words Related to OCCUPATIONS in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Word List
ABBOTACADEMICACCOUNTANTACROBATACTORACTUARYADJUNCTADJUTANTADMANADMINADMIRALADMIRALADWOMANAGENTAIDEAIRMANANCHORMANAQUANAUTARBITRATORATHLETEATTACHEATTENDANTAUXILIARYAVIATORAXMANAYATOLLAH
BAGMAN
BAGMENBAILIFFBALLBOYBARBACKBARMAIDBARMANBATBOYBAWDBEEKEEPINGBELLBOYBELLMANBELLMENBIDDY*BOATMANBOOTBLACKBRAVOBULLYBURGLARCADDIECADDYCANDYMANCANONCANTORCAPTAINCARHOPCARNY
CHAIR
CHEFCLINICIANCLOWNCOACHCOLONELCOMICCOMPANIONCONDUCTORCONTRACTORCOOKCOPILOTCOWGIRLCOWHANDCRIMINALCRITICCROOKCUTTHROATDAIRYMAIDDEACONDEANDEEJAYDEEJAYEDDETECTIVEDIVINEDOCENTDOCTORDOORMAN
DOULADRABENVOYEXECFACTORFACTOTUMFACULTYFARMHANDFELLOWFLACKFLATFEETFLATFOOTFOOTMAN*FRONTMANGAGMAN* GAGMEN* GEEKGIGOLOGOONGRAMMARIANGRIPGROOMGUNMANGUNMENHACKHANGMANHARDHAT
HATCHECKHEADHINDHITMENHYPHENATEICEMANICEMENIRRIGATORJACKJACKALJANITORJOCKJOURNOKEEPKITCHENLANDLADYLANDLORDLAPIDARYLAWMANLEGATELEGMAN*LEGMEN*LIBRARIANLINELINEMANLINEMENLITIGATOR
LOOKOUTLUNAMAGICIANMAIDMAILMANMAILMENMAJORMAJORDOMOMANDARINMATEMATRONMAYORMECHANICMEDICMEDICOMENIALMIDDLEMENMILITIAMANMIMEMODELMOHELMOLEMONEYMENMOTORMAN*MULLAH
OILMANORDINARYOUTFIT
Words Related to OCCUPATIONS in the Spelling Bee lexicon: Topical Arrangement
Subject Headings
Attire, Fashion, and StyleAviationBelief SystemsBuilding and ArchitectureBusiness and CommerceDramatic Arts
EducationEngineeringEntertainmentFarms and Rural LifeGeography and GeologyHealth: Medicine and HealthcareHospitality and Service
Knowledge and InformationLaw, Crime and CourtsManufacturingMilitaryMusicNauticalPolitics, Government, and Civics
Road and RailSportsTradespeople and Laborers and others NOSTransportation and TransitVisual ArtsWords about OccupationsWriters and Wordsmiths
Attire, Fashion, and Style
MODEL: a type or design of clothing; also, one who is employed to display clothes or other merchandise; also, to display by wearing, using, or posing with (modeled gowns); also, to work or act as a fashion model
Aviation
AIRMAN: a civilian or military pilot, aviator, or aviation technicianAVIATOR: the operator or pilot of an aircraft and especially an airplaneCAPTAIN: a senior pilot who commands the crew of an airplanCOPILOT: a qualified pilot who assists or relieves the pilot but is not in commandJOCK: a pilot, especially: a fighter pilot
Belief Systems
ABBOT: the superior of a monastery for menAUXILIARY: auxiliary bishop: a Roman Catholic titular bishop assisting a diocesan bishop and not having the right of successionAYATOLLAH: a religious leader among Shiite Muslims used as a title of respect especially for one who is not an imamCANON: a clergyman belonging to the chapter or the staff of a cathedral or collegiate churchCANTOR: a synagogue official who sings or chants liturgical music and leads the congregation in prayer; also, a precentor, a leader of the singing of a choir or congregation [in a house of worship]DEACON: a subordinate officer in a Christian churchDEAN: the head of the chapter of a collegiate or cathedral church or a Roman Catholic priest who supervises one district of a dioceseDIVINE: a clergyman or theologianDOCTOR: M-W’s 1st def.: Christianity: an eminent theologian declared a sound expounder of doctrine by the Roman Catholic ChurchMOHEL: a person who performs ritual Jewish circumcisionsMULLAH: an educated Muslim trained in religious law and doctrine and usually holding an official post
ORDINARY: a prelate exercising original jurisdiction over a specified territory or group (The ordinary of a diocese is a bishop.); also, a clergyman appointed formerly in England to attend condemned criminals
Buildings and Architecture
CONTRACTOR: one that contracts to erect buildings
Business and Commerce
ACCOUNTANT: one who is skilled in the practice of accounting or who is in charge of public or private accountsADMAN: a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisementsADMIN: administrative assistantADWOMAN: a person who writes, solicits, or places advertisementsAGENT: one who is authorized to act for or in the place of another; a business representative (as of an athlete or entertainer) (a theatrical agent)CONTRACTOR: one that contracts to perform work or provide suppliesFACTOR: one who acts or transacts business for another: such as a broker, or one that lends money to producers and dealers (as on the security of accounts receivable)FLACK: one who provides publicity, especially a press agentLEGMAN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)LEGMEN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)MIDDLEMEN: middleman: an intermediary or agent between two parties, especially: a dealer, agent, or company intermediate between the producer of goods and the retailer or consumer
OILMAN: an oil company executive; also, an oil field worker
Dramatic Arts
ACTOR: one who acts in a play, movie, television show, etc.GRIP: a technician on a motion-picture or television set who handles and maintains equipment (such as cameras and their dollies and cranes); also, a stage worker who handles scenery, properties, or lights: a stagehandHYPHENATE: (noun) a person who performs more than one function (such as a producer-director in filmmaking)
Economics and Finance
ACTUARY: a person who calculates insurance and annuity premiums, reserves, and dividendsMONEYMEN: financiers
Education
ACADEMIC: a member (such as a professor) of an institution of learning (such as a university)ADJUNCT: an adjunct faculty member at a college or universityCHAIR: professorship (a university chair)COACH: a private tutor [from the concept that the tutor conveys the student through examinations]DEAN: the head of a division, faculty, college, or school of a university, or a college or secondary school administrator in charge of counseling and disciplining studentsDOCENT: a college or university teacher or lecturerDOCTOR: a learned or authoritative teacher; or a person who has earned one of the highest academic degrees (such as a PhD) conferred by a universityFACULTY: a branch of teaching or learning (such as law, medicine, or liberal arts) in an educational institution; members of a facultyFELLOW: an incorporated member of a college or collegiate foundation especially in a British university; also, a person appointed to a position granting a stipend and allowing for advanced study or researchHEAD: a headmasterMATRON: a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school)
Entertainment
ACROBAT: one that performs gymnastic feats requiring skillful control of the bodyANCHORMAN: a broadcaster (as on a news program) who introduces reports by other broadcasters and usually reads the newsCARNY: a person who works with a carnivalCLOWN: a fool, jester, or comedian in an entertainment (such as a play), specifically: a grotesquely dressed comedy performer in a circusCOMIC: a comedian (a stand-up comic)CRITIC: one who engages often professionally in the analysis, evaluation, or appreciation of works of art or artistic performancesDEEJAY: initialism from disc jockey, a person who introduces and plays recorded music (especially popular music) on a show (such as a radio program); also, an entertainer who plays and often manipulates recorded music (as by combining tracks or adding effects) for dancing at a night club or party; also: someone who makes music (as through turntablism, sampling, etc.) that is often sung or rapped over; also, to perform the role of a disc jockey: to act as a disc jockey forDEEJAYED: initialism from disc jockey, a person who introduces and plays recorded music (especially popular music) on a show (such as a radio program); also, an entertainer who plays and often manipulates recorded music (as by combining tracks or adding effects) for dancing at a night club or party; also: someone who makes music (as through turntablism, sampling, etc.) that is often sung or rapped over; also, to perform the role of a disc jockey: to act as a disc jockey forGAGMAN* : a gag writer; a comedianGAGMEN* : a gag writer; a comedianGEEK: a carnival performer often billed as a wild man whose act usually includes biting the head off a live chicken or snakeJOCK: a disc jockey, an announcer of a radio show of popular recorded music; also: one who plays recorded music for dancing at a nightclub or partyMAGICIAN: one who performs tricks of illusion and sleight of handMIME: an actor in a mime; one that practices mime
Farms and Rural LIfe
BEEKEEPING: raising and caring for beesCLOWN: M-W’s 1st def.: 1: a farmer, countrymanCOWGIRL: girl or woman who tends cattle or horses; or a girl or woman who is a rodeo performerCOWHAND: a cowboyDAIRYMAID: a woman employed in a dairyFARMHAND: a farm laborer, especially: a hired laborer on a farm; also, a baseball player on a farm teamGROOM: a person responsible for the feeding, exercising, and stabling of horsesHIND: a British farm assistantIRRIGATOR: a person employed in agricultural irrigation; an irrigation technicianLUNA: M-W: Hawaii foreman, especially: a foreman of a plantation
Health: Medicine and Healthcare
CLINICIAN: a person qualified in the clinical practice of medicine, psychiatry, or psychology as distinguished from one specializing in laboratory or research techniques or in theory; also, a person who conducts a clinicDOCTOR: a person skilled or specializing in healing artsDOULA: a person trained to provide advice, information, emotional support, and physical comfort to a mother before, during, and just after childbirthMEDIC: one engaged in medical work or studyMEDICO: a physician; also: a medical student
Hospitality and Service
ATTENDANT: one who attends another to perform a service, especially : an employee who waits on customers; also accompanying, waiting upon, or following in order to perform serviceBARBACK: a worker whose job is to assist a bartender (as by setting out glasses and restocking beverages)BARMAID: a woman who serves liquor at a barBARMAN: a bartenderBAWD: one who keeps a house of prostitution: a madam; also, a prostituteBELLBOY: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMAN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBELLMEN: a bellhop: a hotel or club employee who escorts guests to rooms, assists them with luggage, and runs errandsBIDDY*: a hired girl or cleaning woman; or usually disparaging: woman, especially: an elderly woman; diminutive of the name Bridget [probably an Irish servant]BOOTBLACK: one who shines shoesBULLY: a pimpCARHOP: one who serves customers at a drive-in restaurantCHEF: French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchenCOMPANION: one employed to live with and serve another (We hired a companion for our elderly mother.)COOK: a person who prepares food for eatingDOORMAN: a usually uniformed attendant at the door of a building (such as a hotel or apartment building)DRAB: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay: a woman who is a sex worker; also, to associate with sex workersFACTOTUM: person having many diverse activities or responsibilities; a general servantFOOTMAN*: a servant in livery formerly attending a rider or required to run in front of his master's carriage; or a servant who serves at table, tends the door, and runs errandsGIGOLO: a man supported by a woman usually in return for his attentions; or a professional dancing partner or male escortHATCHECK: employed in checking hats and articles of outdoor clothingJACK: a servant or laborerJACKAL: a person who performs routine or menial tasks for anotherJANITOR: one who keeps the premises of a building (such as an apartment or office) clean, tends the heating system, and makes minor repairs; also, a doorkeeper; from Janus, gate, from a Roman god that is identified with doors, gates, and all beginnings and that is depicted with two opposite facesKEEP: a keeper, one whose job is to keep or tend [e.g., a barkeep, an inkeeper]KITCHEN: the people who prepare, cook, and serve food especially in a restaurant, cafeteria, etc.LANDLADY: a woman who is a landlord [LOL]LANDLORD: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another; the master of an inn or lodging house: innkeeperLEGMAN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)LEGMEN*: an assistant who performs various subordinate tasks (such as gathering information or running errands)MAID: a maidservant; a woman or girl employed to do domestic workMAJORDOMO: a head steward of a large household (such as a palace); also, a butler or steward; also, a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another; broadly: the person who runs an enterpriseMENIAL: a person doing menial work, specifically: a domestic servant or retainer; also, of or relating to servants: lowly (a menial worker); appropriate to a servant: humble, servile (menial chores)
Knowledge and Information
LIBRARIAN: a specialist in the care or management of a library
Law, Crime, and Courts
ARBITRATOR: one that arbitrates a dispute: an arbiterBAGMAN: a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money. Broadly: an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transactionBAGMEN: a person who on behalf of another collects or distributes illicitly gained money. Broadly: an intermediary in an illicit or unethical transactionBAILIFF: a minor officer of some U.S. courts usually serving as a messenger or usherBRAVO: M-W’s 1st def: villain, desperado, especially: a hired assassinBULLY: a hired ruffian, or a pimpBURGLAR: one who commits burglary, the crime of entering a structure (such as a house or commercial building) with the intent to commit a felony (such as theft)CANDYMAN: M-W does not list this either as a closed compound or open compound. A drug dealer.CRIMINAL: a crookCROOK: a person who engages in fraudulent or criminal practicesCUTTHROAT: a killer or murdererDETECTIVE: one employed or engaged in detecting lawbreakers or in getting information that is not readily or publicly accessible; of or relating to detectives or their workFLATFEET: or plural flatfoots, slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beat; or a sailorFLATFOOT: slang: a police officer, especially: a patrolman walking a regular beat; or a sailorGOON: a man hired to terrorize or eliminate opponentsGUNMAN: a man armed with a gun, especially: a professional killerGUNMEN: a man armed with a gun, especially: a professional killerHANGMAN: one who hangs a condemned person; also: a public executionerHITMEN: M-W has the open compound hit man, a professional assassin who works for a crime syndicate; a hatchet manLAWMAN: a law-enforcement officer (such as a sheriff or marshal)LITIGATOR: one who carries on a legal contest by judicial process: one who litigates legal casesMATRON: a woman who supervises women or children (as in a school or police station) [or prison]
ORDINARY: a judge of probate in some states of the U.S.
Military
ADJUTANT: a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondenceADMIRAL: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard who ranks above a vice admiral and whose insignia is four starsAIDE: a person who acts as an assistant or a military officer who acts as an assistant to a superior officer; short for aide-de-campAIRMAN: an enlisted person in the air force: such as an enlisted person of one of the four ranks below sergeant, or an enlisted person ranking above an airman basic and below an airman first classCAPTAIN: a military leader: the commander of a unit or a body of troops; or a subordinate officer commanding under a sovereign or general; or a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a first lieutenant and below a major; also, a naval officer who is master or commander of a ship; or a commissioned officer in the navy ranking above a commander and below a commodore and in the coast guard ranking above a commander and below a rear admiralCOLONEL: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general; lieutenant colonelEXEC: short for executive officer (the officer second in command of a military or naval organization or vessel)MAJOR: a commissioned officer in the army, air force, or marine corps ranking above a captain and below a lieutenant colonelMILITIAMAN: a member of a militia
Music
AXMAN: slang: a guitarist especially in a jazz or rock bandCANTOR: a choir leaderCHAIR: a position of employment usually of one occupying a chair or desk, specifically: the position of a player in an orchestra or bandCONDUCTOR: the leader of a musical ensembleFRONTMAN: M-W has this as an open compound, front man: a person serving as a front or figurehead, or the lead performer in a musical group
Nautical
ADMIRAL: a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard who ranks above a vice admiral and whose insignia is four starsBOATMAN: a man who works on, deals in, or operates boatsCAPTAIN: a naval officer who is master or commander of a ship; or a commissioned officer in the navy ranking above a commander and below a commodore and in the coast guard ranking above a commander and below a rear admiralEXEC: short for executive officer (the officer second in command of a military or naval organization or vessel)FLATFEET: or plural flatfoots, slang: a sailorFLATFOOT: slang: a sailorMATE: a deck officer on a merchant ship ranking below the captain
Politics, Government, and Civics
AGENT: a representative, emissary, or official of a government (crown agent, federal agent)ATTACHE: attaché: a technical expert on a country's diplomatic staff at a foreign capitalENVOY: a minister plenipotentiary accredited to a foreign government who ranks between an ambassador and a minister resident; a person delegated to represent one government in its dealings with anotherLEGATE: a usually official emissaryMAILMAN: a man who delivers mailMAILMEN: a man who delivers mailMANDARIN: a pedantic official; a bureaucrat; also a public official in the Chinese Empire of any of nine superior gradesMAYOR: an official elected or appointed to act as chief executive or nominal head of a city, town, or boroughMOLE: a spy (such as a double agent) who establishes a cover long before beginning espionage; broadly: one within an organization who passes on informationMULLAH: an educated Muslim trained in religious law and doctrine and usually holding an official post
Sports
AQUANAUT: a scuba diver who lives and operates both inside and outside an underwater shelter for an extended periodATHLETE: a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or staminaBALLBOY: M-W shows as open compound: ball boy: a male attendant who retrieves balls for players or officials (as in a tennis match or a baseball or basketball game)BATBOY: a boy employed to look after the equipment (such as bats) of a baseball teamCADDIE: one who assists a golfer especially by carrying the clubsCADDY: one who assists a golfer especially by carrying the clubsCOACH: one who instructs players in the fundamentals of a sport and directs team strategy
Tradespeople and Laborers
HARDHAT: M-W has only the open compound hard hat, a construction workerICEMAN: one who sells or delivers iceICEMEN: one who sells or delivers iceJACK: a lumberjackLINEMAN: one who sets up or repairs electric wire communication or power linesLINEMEN: one who sets up or repairs electric wire communication or power linesLOOKOUT: one engaged in keeping watch: a watchmanMECHANIC: a manual worker: an artisan; a machinist, especially: one who repairs machinesMOLE: one who works in the dark
OILMAN: an oil field worker
Transportation and Travel
CABBIE: a cabdriverCABBY: a cabdriverCHAIRMAN: a carrier of a sedan chairCOACHMAN: a man who drives a coach or carriageCONDUCTOR: a collector of fares in a public conveyanceHACK: a cabdriverMOTORMAN*: an operator of a motor-driven vehicle (such as a streetcar or subway train)
Visual Arts
CURATOR: a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits
DOCENT: a person who leads guided tours especially through a museum or art galleryLAPIDARY: a cutter, polisher, or engraver of precious stones usually other than diamondsMODEL: a person or thing that serves as a pattern for an artist especially: one who poses for an artist; also, to work or act as an art model
Words About Occupations
CLOTH: a distinctive dress of a profession or calling
LINE: a field of activity or interest (worked in the plumbing line)
OUTFIT: a set of tools or equipment especially for the practice of a trade; also, to furnish with an outfit; to acquire an outfit
Writing and Publishing
AUTHOR: the writer of a literary work (such as a book)BARD: a poetCOAUTHOR: one who collaborates with another person in authoring a literary or dramatic work, a document, a legislative bill, etc.
GRAMMARIAN: one who studies or teaches grammarJOURNO: M-W’s only def.: chiefly British: a journalist, a person engaged in journalism, especially: a writer or editor for a news mediumLEGMAN*: journalism: a reporter assigned usually to gather informationLEGMEN*: journalism: a reporter assigned usually to gather information