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

Iran’s Hormuz blockade employs a similar strategy to the one deployed by the Houthis on the other end of the Arabian Peninsula. —Tristan Bove, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026

Born in a garage 40 years ago, my company now employs 100 hardworking Mississippians and supplies more than 10,000 retail stores nationwide. —Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2026

Stone Mountain Park, one of Georgia's most popular tourist destinations, employs hundreds of workers across attractions, hospitality, and maintenance services. —Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026

The company currently employs more than 670 people around the globe. —Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026

Allen Grecula, director of Three20 Recovery, said his certified recovery organization, based in Chesterton, employs peers who have recovered from addiction themselves. —Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

Oracle employs 162,000 people globally and made $57 billion in revenue in the 2025 fiscal year. —Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026

Wade now will join the renegade row of coaches at LSU, which also employs football rapscallion Lane Kiffin and women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey. —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026

The worker, who didn’t want her name used because she was not authorized to speak with reporters, has been doing this all without a paycheck, because a partial federal shutdown has halted funding to the agency that employs her, the Department of Homeland Security. —Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Noun

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