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

Solius employs roughly two dozen people and has positioned the device for both direct-to-consumer homes and professional wellness or clinical settings. — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Howard County Public Schools employs more than 4,600 teachers. — Kellye Lynn, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

After construction, a typical 250,000-square-foot data center employs only 50 full-time workers, and data centers create one permanent job for every $13 million invested, according to data from the Virginia Economic Development Partnership. — Adrianne Fantasia, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2026

In an unusual twist, RKF Global employs former Mayor Lori Lightfoot, whose administration chose Bally’s to build Chicago’s first casino. — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026

Rivian’s headquarters employs 130 people and is expected to grow to 500 by 2030. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The company was started in 1996 by the Ross family and now employs about 2,500 across North America, including about 1,000 in Kansas City, and recently hit $2 billion in revenue after going public five years ago. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

Caillois employs this term throughout his 1960 book Méduse et cie (The Mask of Medusa), which traces this hypnotic phenomenon through human as well as natural history. — Jan Tumlir, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026

Canvas employs a broad set of AI models in the way tools from Luma, OpenArt and Runway do. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 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