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

These are basically less privileged neighborhoods where the government is meant to show a greater focus on education by employing more teachers and so on. — Elektra Kotsoni, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

Ukraine has gotten very good at drone warfare, employing these little robots both in offensive and defensive capacities. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026

The county party has been employing several outreach methods to contact low-propensity voters and remind them to go to the polls. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026

So common was this practice that by the middle of the century, insurance companies were regularly employing their own medical referees to submit thorough and unbiased reports for review. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Its effectiveness depends on the target, engagement conditions, and the capabilities of the platform employing it. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026

These are the plans for Blue Origin, which announced Friday major expansion plans to its already $3 billion footprint in Central Florida that has more than 20 sites in Brevard and Orange counties employing more than 5,000 people. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

But while many data center projects have run aground, others are still getting built — and the companies behind them are employing experts like Nicole Thomas to smooth the way. — Dustin Desoto, Vox, 16 Oct. 2026

Plus, data centers aren’t acting with haste or employing new innovations. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026