recruit

¹re·cruit

verb \ri-ˈkrüt\

Definition of RECRUIT

transitive verb

1

a (1) : to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members : reinforce (2) : to enlist as a member of an armed service b : to increase or maintain the number of <America recruited her population from Europe> c : to secure the services of : engage, hire d : to seek to enroll <recruit prospective students>

2

: replenish

3

: to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of

intransitive verb

: to enlist new members

— re·cruit·er noun

Examples of RECRUIT

1. He was recruited by the army after high school.
2. Public schools are recruiting new teachers.
3. College football coaches spend a lot of time recruiting high school athletes.
4. College football coaches spend a lot of time recruiting.
5. Some parents don't think the military should be recruiting from high schools.
6. We recruited a crew of volunteers to help us.
7. I recruited my brother to drive us to the concert.
8. She recruited four friends to distribute food to the homeless with her.

First Known Use of RECRUIT

1640

Related to RECRUIT

Synonyms: assume, engage, fee [chiefly Scottish], hire, lay on [chiefly British], pay, place, employ, retain, sign (up or on), take on

Antonyms: ax (or axe), can, discharge, dismiss, fire, sack

Related Words: reemploy, reengage, rehire; apprentice, contract, job, partner, subcontract; enlist; advance, promote, upgrade; keep (on); headhunt, scout

Near Antonyms: furlough, lay off, lock out

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Rhymes with RECRUIT

acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, galoot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit