Synonyms of hired

hired

verb

past tense of hire

1

as in rented

to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum

the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rented
• leased
• chartered
• engaged
• ordered
• checked out
• sublet
• subleased
• booked
• arranged (for)
• contracted (for)
• reserved
• signed up (for)
• bespoke

2

as in employed

to provide with a paying job

the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employed
• recruited
• engaged
• paid
• placed
• enlisted
• retained
• signed (up or on)
• assumed
• laid on
• feed
• rehired
• took on
• partnered
• contracted
• promoted
• subcontracted
• jobbed
• reemployed
• apprenticed
• upgraded
• scouted
• reengaged
• kept (on)
• headhunted
• advanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissed
• fired
• discharged
• canned
• sacked
• laid off
• axed
• locked out
• furloughed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hired

In December, Nvidia bought assets from the AI chip startup for about $20 billion in its largest deal on record and hired Groq founder Jonathan Ross, president Sunny Madra and a group of engineers. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026

The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents. — Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Newmark Group—the real estate services firm hired by the Pierre’s board and controlled by Cantor Fitzgerald, the brokerage house previously run by Lutnick—could earn tens of millions more in commissions, The New York Times reported. — Noah Shachtman, Vanity Fair, 25 Aug. 2026

Flowers decamped to Nashville, hired producers Shawn Everett and Jonathan Rado, whose work excels at mimicking the textures of older records, and recruited a band full of session-pro ringers. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 Aug. 2026

Iowa was the lone FBS school to offer Pieper, slotted as a recruit below seven of the eight from Nebraska who signed with the Huskers weeks after Rhule was hired. — Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

In order to land an offer after such a highly competitive process, some candidates are reportedly spending more than $4,000 on private coaching to help them get hired. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

Her big break came when country star Porter Wagoner hired her to be his sidekick on The Porter Wagoner Show. — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026

Under Bartlett, the state hired a third-party administrator called Allegiance to replace BCBS of Montana, which had held the contract for more than three decades. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026