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

The workers’ comp rule that surprises almost everyone Most states require workers’ compensation insurance once a business hires its first employee. — Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

In order to solidify his cover in Tehran and throw off the story’s villain, Qasim (Navid Negahban, Kandahar), Tucker hires a young Iranian-American woman, Zara (Bollywood star Elnaaz Norouzi, very good), to pose as his wife. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Every customer-facing member of the retail staff is an optician; when Ahlem hires someone who is not yet qualified, the company funds the training. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

The couple hires Caleb as a lookout and braves his sullen outbursts, learning more about the lonely, angry youth as the murders draw nearer. — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Blanca Romero, a McDonald’s worker in Los Angeles for nine years, said during public comment that the Fair Work Week ordinance would help longtime employees like herself who often have their hours cut, even as the business hires additional people. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

When the first Eva cuts back her hours, the narrator hires a second Eva. — Catherine G. Wagley, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

The city of Wickhills is protected by Seaborne, an intelligence agency that hires street-smart types like Vycol Ferec on top-secret missions. — Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

In the film, cartoon legend Coyote (who can’t speak, of course) hires a reluctant, unambitious lawyer Kevin Avery (East Bay native Will Forte) to be his mouthpiece and legal advocate. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Noun

Yet subsequent agreements have followed a similar pattern, the officials said, with Feinberg’s private-sector hires at OSC and the newer Economic Defense Unit sidelining career officials in order to ink deals as quickly as possible. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

The number of permanent hires is between 500 and 600, Garder said. — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

As generative AI has become capable of handling much of the work that once justified junior content hires, startups had an obvious reason to postpone building communications teams. — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Haden’s hires failed to return the Trojans to their glory days and eventually sent the program on a downward trajectory. — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Viewers on Sunday briefly saw one of Weiss’ new hires, former conservative New York Times opinion writer Ross Douthat, who has no previous experience as a TV presenter. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

The most successful recent Big Ten hires didn’t have previous Power Four head coaching experience. — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Among his hires was former Jets teammate Frank Reich, who will be the offensive coordinator. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

At the time of Tompkins Rivas’s departure in 2025, just two of those hires remained on staff. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2026