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

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

But Guardiola soon sought to switch up his strategy, employing more traditional high-and-wide full-backs in Matheus Nunes and Nico O’Reilly to give City more box-to-box power. — Thom Harris, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

In addition, federal agents claim that a Chinese company, Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology Company, has been employing the QTFY group and has business relationships with China’s Ministry of State Security. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

The new legislation followed a Hearst investigation that found that 10 school systems in the state were employing armed security guards who falsified traffic citations, failed to report deadly pursuits or engaged in racial misconduct. — Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 25 Aug. 2026

His hope is the bar for human work simply rises—companies building 50 products instead of one—rather than employing fewer people to build the same one. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Now employing eight people and serving 50 students, Imagine Cookin reflects Castro’s commitment to creating opportunities and empowering others. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026

The company has gone from employing one recent college graduate to run its entire media relations team in November 2024 to a squad of veteran crisis communications staffers, many of whom spent time at technology giant Meta. — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 24 Aug. 2026