Synonyms of employs

employs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of employ

1

as in hires

to provide with a paying job

a new factory that will employ 500 people

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hires
• recruits
• engages
• retains
• pays
• enlists
• assumes
• signs (up or on)
• fees
• places
• lays on
• takes on
• jobs
• promotes
• partners
• reemploys
• rehires
• apprentices
• reengages
• keeps (on)
• contracts
• subcontracts
• upgrades
• advances
• headhunts
• scouts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismisses
• cans
• fires
• discharges
• axes
• sacks
• furloughs
• lays off
• locks out

2

as in uses

to put into action or service

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uses
• utilizes
• applies
• operates
• exploits
• harnesses
• exercises
• draws on
• makes use of
• wields
• manipulates
• handles
• brings to bear
• works
• directs
• recycles
• runs
• reuses
• cannibalizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• neglects
• misuses
• misapplies

employs

2 of 2

noun

plural of employ

as in employments

the state of being provided with a paying job

while you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employments
• works
• hires
• appointments
• assignments
• engagements
• tenures
• positions
• occupations
• enlistments
• situations
• recruitments
• conscriptions
• posts
• places
• incumbencies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boots
• discharges
• dismissals
• removals
• firings
• leaves
• sacks
• suspensions
• unemployments
• layoffs
• severances
• demotions
• liberties
• furloughs
• retirements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of employs

Verb

The company already had a strong corporate presence in the city, but has since expanded and employs 2,500 Georgians, as well as workers around the world at 5,300 global locations. — Irene Wright, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

The company employs about 850 people, does hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure work around the Northeast, and is frequently Connecticut’s choice on big-ticket contracts to construct schools, rebuild highways or repair bridges. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

California’s fast-food industry employs more than 750,000 people and is a growing sector, according to state data. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

The company employs nearly 300 people, with more than half based in Israel. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

The Happy House employs only local people, including a wider network of hiking and mountain biking guides. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

The factory in Al-Rai Industrial City, according to Türkiye Today, already employs 150 workers, with plans to hire up to 1,000 in three years. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2026

At the same time, Hamid employs a lightness of touch, and moments of humor, even when his characters are enduring the unendurable. — Chloe Benjamain, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026

The Indus basin supplies about 80% of the country's irrigated agriculture, a sector that employs 65% of the labor force and represents roughly 25% of Pakistan's gross domestic product, according to data compiled by Chatham House. — Sam Meredith,priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Noun

Calculating the interest-earning potential of a high-yield savings or money market account over the short term is relatively straightforward, since the variable rate each employs isn't likely to move dramatically in just a few months. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026

Micron did not respond Thursday to questions about how many workers Crucial employs and whether they will be laid off or land jobs elsewhere at the company. — Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025

But the depth of struggles beyond that must prompt some broader questions about philosophy or the type of hitters Houston employs. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025