Synonyms of hires

hires 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hire

1

as in rents

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

• rents
• leases
• engages
• charters
• sublets
• books
• subleases
• orders
• contracts (for)
• arranges (for)
• checks out
• reserves
• signs up (for)
• bespeaks

2

as in recruits

to provide with a paying job

the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

hires

2 of 2

noun

plural of hire

1

as in employs

the state of being provided with a paying job

he spent most of his career in the hire of high-paying defense contractors

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in salaries

the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services

used to mow lawns for hire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salaries
• wages
• pays
• payments
• stipends
• paychecks
• pay envelopes
• emoluments
• packets
• returns
• nominal wages
• living wages
• earnings
• minimum wages
• compensations
• profits
• reimbursements
• overtimes
• take-home pays
• repayments
• reparations
• yields
• remittances
• recompenses
• takings
• remunerations
• restitutions
• double times
• recoupments
• redresses
• time and a halfs
• requitals

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hires

Verb

Regardless of what Mozeliak does over the next six months, and regardless of whom the team hires in his place or under him, there is really only one change – at the very top of the organization – that could make a lasting difference. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026

Exposing city taxpayers to potential liability when CVI hires return to their past ways, which is known to happen, is extraordinarily misguided. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Rather than relying solely on LinkedIn or traditional job boards, founders are increasingly turning to Discord servers, Slack groups, and niche forums where their would‑be hires already spend time, according to research by VerityAI. — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 June 2026

Simone hires Zoe as her assistant, in what appears to be a dream job. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026

When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other. — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026

In Turpentine, after her son hires friends to steal the family’s antique gun collection to pay off a debt, a mother steps in to clean up the mess, triggering a chain of events that stretch the family bond to its limit. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 June 2026

With grant money from the Lucky Duck Foundation, the nonprofit Salvation Army hires residents of its homeless shelter and trains them as food rescue route drivers for nonprofit Feeding San Diego, collecting surplus food from grocery stores and businesses that would otherwise go to waste. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026

Noun

One former Homeland Security official said the goal was for the overwhelming majority of new hires to be law enforcement officers. — Curt Devine, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Twenty-three of those were filled through internal promotions of former assistant principals or other staff, while the other 25 were external hires. — Samuel O’Neal 17, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 July 2026

Your senior hires need a circle that includes a sponsor from senior leadership, a peer who can help explain unwritten norms, an operational navigator to remove administrative obstacles. — Zaharia-Gabriel Sidere, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

One of Xona’s latest notable hires, Tim Graham, worked on engineering challenges at SpaceX for a decade, eventually becoming the engineering manager for avionics on the Raptor engines that propel SpaceX’s Starship rocket. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 16 July 2026

Those two hires had highlighted SMU’s rising position in the pecking order. — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 16 July 2026

The pilot program resulted in a 75% reduction in duplicative screening and interview work, completion of the hiring cycle under the 90-day average, 23 hires of student assistants and three full-time hires, per the press release. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

The latest hires add senior expertise in Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York, San Francisco and West Palm Beach, reporting to Neil Kell and Samardh Kumar, co‑heads of regional investment banking. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 15 July 2026

Infineon expects the new fab to generate additional employment beyond its 1,000 direct hires through suppliers and supporting industries. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026