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

Lucie, having exhausted all other possibilities, and needing Darnay in order to find her father, hires a very reluctant Carton, who in a trick worthy of Perry Mason, gets him off when a witness cannot tell him and Darnay apart. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Ironically, that only clicks into focus when Lester hires a handsome indigenous boy named Jimmy (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) to be the woman of the house. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 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

Shikiya’s new gig follows other recent Anonymous Content hires like Liza Burnett Fefferman as chief communications and marketing officer and Michael Sinclair as chief legal officer. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 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

The intent is to have Hudson and Matthew McConaughey return, but that will be determined once the studio hires a writer and lands on a take for the story, according to Variety, which first reported the news. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026

After his father’s death, strong and silent Mauro hires a farm hand to work alongside him. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Noun

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

One of Pekhimenko’s first hires at CentML was an Amazon engineer who was unable to renew his H1-B visa to stay in the United States. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026

There have been plenty of senior hires, overhauls of performance and medical departments, and changes in the facilities at the training ground. — Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

An investigation by The Associated Press found that some of the new hires had serious financial problems in their backgrounds, had been accused of misconduct in prior jobs, and had checkered employment histories. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

The money Atira has raised in its latest venture capital round will go mostly into engineering and the company’s first non-founder commercial hires, Diegruber said. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 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

Minister Mélanie Joly announced $541 million for this initial cohort, with more hires planned, emphasizing Canada's commitment to science. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

The wage progression for new hires improves, as are the Defined Benefit and other pension plans. — Jackie Charniga, Freep.com, 29 Aug. 2026