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

The aircraft’s multi-role design also gives commanders greater flexibility in employing it for different missions rather than limiting it to the traditional air-superiority role associated with earlier Eagle variants. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

Almost all of the gains came from big business, with companies employing 500 or more workers adding 34,000 while those with fewer than 50 employees rose by 3,000. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

At the time, Combs denied ever employing gang members as part of his and his label’s security detail. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 2 Sep. 2026

According to Tisch, Cisneros then waved her knives and began to advance on the officers, who attempted to subdue the woman with a Taser before employing lethal force. — Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

The losses piled up despite the franchise employing two of the greatest players in recent MLB history. — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Every single registration fee goes directly toward freeing, employing and empowering trafficked women. — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2026

Through the new focus on South Miami-Dade, Beasley also wants employers to understand the benefits of employing people from the area. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026

The idea of employing microbes to transform waste carbon into something useful is far from novel. — Mike McRae 28, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2026