n. 25B6; noun
a business career : PROFESSION, occupation, vocation, calling, employment, line (of work), walk of life, métier.
a chequered career : EXISTENCE, life, course, passage, path.
25B6; adjective a career politician : PROFESSIONAL, permanent, full-time.
25B6; verb they careered down the hill : RUSH, hurtle, streak, shoot, race, bolt, dash, speed, run, whizz, zoom, flash, blast, charge, hare, fly, pelt, go like the wind; informal belt, scoot, tear, zap, zip, whip, go like a bat out of hell; Brit. informal bomb, bucket; N. Amer. informal hightail, clip.