Synonyms of hiring

hiring

verb

present participle of hire

1

as in renting

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

• renting
• leasing
• chartering
• engaging
• subletting
• checking out
• ordering
• reserving
• subleasing
• booking
• arranging (for)
• contracting (for)
• signing up (for)
• bespeaking

2

as in recruiting

to provide with a paying job

the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recruiting
• employing
• paying
• engaging
• placing
• retaining
• enlisting
• signing (up or on)
• assuming
• jobbing
• taking on
• laying on
• feeing
• promoting
• rehiring
• contracting
• subcontracting
• partnering
• upgrading
• scouting
• reemploying
• apprenticing
• keeping (on)
• reengaging
• advancing
• headhunting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• firing
• dismissing
• discharging
• sacking
• canning
• axing
• laying off
• furloughing
• locking out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hiring

Apparently without permission of his boss -- UA-Fayetteville Chancellor Charles Robinson or the board of trustees -- Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek approved the Razorback Foundation hiring a public relations firm. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

Another possibility is that there could be some behind-the-scenes factors that the hiring manager can't share with an external candidate, like a budget cut, hiring freeze or leadership turnover, Gavin says. — Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026

The case has put Morales’ work record under scrutiny and called attention to the administration’s hiring surge last year to fill in immigration enforcement posts. — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2026

This is like hiring a business operations genius and putting him to work as an assistant. — Kai-Fu Lee, Time, 3 Nov. 2026

In California, where school enrollment is plummeting, many school districts continue hiring with abandon. — M. Nolan Gray, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026

Fielder has made a career out of constructing elaborate social experiments, like building exact replicas of people’s homes and hiring actors to impersonate their loved ones on The Rehearsal. — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

That would begin the process of hiring an executive director, developing operational procedures and recruiting mental health professionals and other responders. — Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026

Within healthcare, hiring was strongest for social assistance workers, or people who provide residential care and community support services. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026