ENGAGES Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

engages

verb

present tense third-person singular of engage

as in occupies

to hold the attention of the challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening

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as in faces

to enter into contest or conflict with the daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy

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as in commits

to obligate by prior agreement we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital

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reneges

as in employs

to provide with a paying job the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate

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as in hires

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom

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Recent Examples of engages Unlike the Vienna Philharmonic, which has no music director and engages only guest conductors, Berlin is led by a single musician with a distinct personality. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 Formlabs also includes a generously sized circular bubble level to place on top of the machine, along with a clever adjustment disc that engages the leveling feet from the front, back, or sides. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 The Simply Fit Board is a curved balancing platform that engages one’s core while strengthening the legs and back. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Oct. 2026 Ironically, the one spot where Dearborn Park genuinely engages the cityscape is along the west side of State south of Roosevelt where a row of single-family homes follows Chicago’s typical development pattern. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 The combined implication of transitivity and the infinitive verb is that, speaking conceptually, the artist engages a category of encounter that is absolute, while process and contingency govern the actuality of the work as a function of time. — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 Language learning engages several mental processes at once, requiring people to absorb and retrieve information, notice when something does not work out, and adjust. — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 Baton’s valuations lean on inputs like PPP loan data and other public records—not an owner’s actual financials, which the company only incorporates if and when someone claims their listing and engages. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026 The key is to understand where each audience learns and engages, then prioritize relevant relationships over mass reach. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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The 16-acre complex of 19th-century mill buildings occupies almost a third of the North Adams downtown business region.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Zhu-Nowell is executive director and chief curator of Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum, which occupies a 1930s building renovated by British architect David Chipperfield in 2010.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of occupies

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Our parent company, CRH, employs 1,278 people across 59 locations in 48 North Carolina communities to produce the aggregates, asphalt, masonry products, pipe, and precast solutions that make construction possible.

— Kevin Blackwell, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
And when a trillion-dollar company receives generous tax incentives for a building that employs relatively few permanent workers, local officials are entitled to ask what their constituents are getting.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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Centre d’Art Marcel Gagnon is a riverside accommodation that immerses guests in the works of local artists, with 100 waterfront sculptures comprising a large-scale art installation and an on-site gallery.

— Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
In Nobody Wants This, agnostic podcaster Joanne Williams (Kristen Bell) begins an unexpected romance with Rabbi Noah Roklov (Brody), which shakes both their families as Joanne immerses herself in Noah’s culture and decides to convert to Judaism.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

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Alvin Cheung, the university’s president and CEO, said the school recruits people who are comfortable participating in medical education and helping students develop clinical skills.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2026
The Republican National Committee, for one, recruits observers to keep elections secure and transparent.

— Ashley Lopez, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026