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

Patel was pressed on the FBI’s hiring standards The FBI quietly issued guidance this past spring lifting a categorical hiring ban on applicants who had previously engaged in prostitution. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Some job seekers are pushing back against AI interviews in hiring — refusing them, withdrawing as candidates, or even blacklisting employers from future consideration. — Sarah Jackson juhohn Lee, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

But Saudi attempts to lift Hormuz transits may be limited by a ship shortage; the cost of hiring a tanker on the benchmark Gulf-China route topped $1 million for the first time Monday. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

But McIntosh went outside the Wisconsin family, hiring Cincinnati coach and longtime Ohio State assistant Luke Fickell. — Tim Graham, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

By hiring Mike McDaniel as offensive coordinator, Harbaugh raised the program’s upside. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026

Restaurants and bars led hiring with 59,000 new jobs, and local government education added 42,000, largely reversing a dip the month before. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, Brooks called for hiring more police officers, but also creating a 50,000-person Chicago citizen responder group to reduce crime and conduct violence intervention. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

The client question feels more pressing than the hiring decision. — Jonathan Weeks, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026