Hire synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To lease or let a place or thing
To get hold of; to gain possession of, to procure; to acquire, in any way. [from 15th c.]
fill a position
To employ
To enter upon, or undertake, by contract
To tend or lead (to an effect); contribute
To obtain or contract for the services of; employ:
(Intransitive) To add one's own name to the list of people who are participating in something.
To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
To guarantee payment to (a creditor).
take into one's employ
To employ
give a job to
To employ
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To show emotion, to grieve or be concerned about something or someone.
give work to
To employ
put to work
To employ
set-to-work
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To begin working.
To consume, expend, or exhaust by use
To furnish; equip:
To send or appoint as a representative or deputy
To give power or authority to; empower; commission
To keep possession of; continue to have:
To authorize or engage (someone to do something):
To commit oneself by a promise to do or give; pledge:
To equip or supply with an ability; enable:
To record in a book; list
To utilize is to make use of something or to find a practical purpose for something.
To open (a lock) without the use of a key.
To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
To obtain sexual partners for others.
fill an opening
To employ
find help
To employ
find a place for
To employ
To make use of selfishly or unethically:
To employ
use another's services
To employ
add to the payroll
To employ
give someone a break
To employ
1818, John Keats, "To"”":
To hire or lease by charter
To let
discharge (antonym)
To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
dismiss (antonym)
To refuse to accept or recognize; reject:
fire (antonym)
To set (something) on fire.
approve (related)
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
choose (related)
To pick out by preference from what is available; take as a choice; select
To engage the temporary use of (something) for a fee
To make use of; use
(Scots) To hire.
(Informal) To ask or find out the price of
(Rare) To increase or maintain by supplying anew; replenish
To pay on the basis of a period of a week or longer, especially to convert from another form of compensation.
(Now rare) To provide (someone) with a stipend.
let-go (antonym)
To emotionally disengage or to distract oneself from a situation.
lay off (antonym)
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To stop bothering, annoying, teasing, pestering, pressuring, being aggressive with, or hovering over someone; to leave (someone) alone.
Also used with out: lease
To give temporary use of in return for payment.
(Archaic) Purpose to which something is put
In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.
Wages, salary, or other recompense earned by working
A payment or other benefit received as a result of employment or of the holding of a public office.
A person considered with regard to his or her credit or reliability in discharging debts.
Wage is money paid to a worker for work performed, or the price you pay for doing something wrong or unwise.
One who works solely for compensation, especially a person willing to perform for a fee tasks considered menial or offensive.
A person, animal, or thing that works; specif., a person who is employed to do physical or mental work for wages, esp. in order to earn a living, as in a trade, industry, business, office, etc. or on a farm, ranch, etc.
put on the payroll
work (related)
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
transactions (related)
To engage the temporary use of (something) for a fee
over (related)
(Mil.) A shot that hits or explodes beyond the target
hire out (related)
car-hire (related)
leasing (related)
catering (related)
rental (related)
purchase (related)
chauffeur-driven (related)
hire-rental (related)
give employment to
To employ
To dwell or reside in (an apartment, for example).
To be indicative of; show
Synonym Study
- Charter implies the hiring or leasing of a ship, bus, etc.
- Rent implies payment of a specific amount, often at fixed intervals, for hiring or letting a house, land, equipment, a vehicle, etc.
- Lease implies the letting or the hiring of property (usually real property) by written contract
- To hire , in strict usage, means to get, and let means to give the use of something in return for payment, although hire, which is also applied to persons or their services, may be used in either sense to hire a hall, a worker, etc., rooms to let
Find another word for hire. In this page you can discover 91 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for hire, like: rent, obtain, fill a position, contract, conduce, engage, sign up, draft, secure, take into one's employ and enlist.