Synonyms of employing

employing

verb

present participle of employ

1

as in hiring

to provide with a paying job

a new factory that will employ 500 people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hiring
• recruiting
• engaging
• placing
• retaining
• paying
• enlisting
• assuming
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• laying on
• feeing
• promoting
• jobbing
• partnering
• subcontracting
• contracting
• rehiring
• upgrading
• reemploying
• apprenticing
• reengaging
• scouting
• keeping (on)
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• axing
• laying off
• furloughing
• locking out

2

as in using

to put into action or service

looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• using
• utilizing
• applying
• exploiting
• harnessing
• operating
• exercising
• drawing on
• making use of
• wielding
• manipulating
• handling
• bringing to bear
• working
• directing
• recycling
• running
• reusing
• cannibalizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• misusing
• misapplying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of employing

In recent years, the local economy has improved as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base expanded, now directly employing 38,000 people. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

That expands the number of platforms capable of employing the system during defensive or offensive operations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026

Sam Walton opened the first store in 1962 and Walmart has steadily grown to over 4,600 locations across the United States, employing about two million people, according to its website. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026

The Voice by finally employing his First-In button to secure a killer vocalist. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2026

The cost of employing workers building single-family homes jumped 37% between 2018 and 2022 and 45% from 2014 to 2023, the report said. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

This is unlikely to stop politicians from employing scare tactics, though. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The guilds reiterated Ernotte Cunci’s comments on the audiovisual industry employing more people than the car industry in France. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026

Schools will be forbidden from employing an adjunct teacher for more than five years unless similarly granted a waiver. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 21 Sep. 2026