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

So, when Thursday’s term sheet was sent to the Blazers, the team was put off by asks from the city, particularly the $3 million annual fee for a property tax offset and a requirement that the team hires union workers. — Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 July 2026

What To Watch For Whether Guerrero’s shooting will spur efforts to add guardrails on ICE agents, as Democratic lawmakers told the AP that Brouillette’s allegedly troubled background had exposed flaws in how the agency hires and deploys its officers. — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Ivy is just desperate enough to take an offer from Evan White, a wealthy widower, who hires her to care for his children on their isolated estate. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 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

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

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