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

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

Hiring Plans’ Alignment With Demand Leaders should regularly test whether hiring plans match the timing and quality of anticipated demand. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Facebook agreed to pay $14 million in 2021 to settle claims about its hiring practices. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Since early 2025, hiring of junior technical employees has fallen from 27% of all new hires to 9%, the company said. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

The riskiest part, for a company with universally stringent expectations, was hiring. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

In response, several sources said that many visitors to the city this week are hiring cars, and a few have canceled hotel reservations. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 19 Oct. 2026