Synonyms of recruited

recruited

verb

past tense of recruit

as in hired

to provide with a paying job

thousands of recent immigrants were recruited to build the nation's rail system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hired
• employed
• engaged
• enlisted
• paid
• placed
• retained
• signed (up or on)
• assumed
• laid on
• feed
• took on
• partnered
• rehired
• reemployed
• subcontracted
• apprenticed
• promoted
• contracted
• jobbed
• scouted
• reengaged
• upgraded
• kept (on)
• headhunted
• advanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissed
• discharged
• fired
• sacked
• canned
• laid off
• axed
• locked out
• furloughed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recruited

Republicans argue the second Sullivan was recruited into the race to sow confusion, an allegation substantiated on Wednesday by a bombshell New York Times report. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026

Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood. — Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026

Lennox recruited Tim Koh to take over bass, Maria Reis on keyboards and percussion, Tomé Silva on drums, and Spirit of the Beehive’s Rivka Ravede on samplers; all four handled backing vocals. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026

Six months later, residents told Human Rights Watch the Red Command still controlled the community and had recruited more boys to replace those killed. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

This cycle, Scudder, with help from the political-action committee Texas Majority, set out to make sure that no race in the state went uncontested, and successfully recruited candidates for each of a hundred and thirty-seven seats. — Jesús Rodríguez, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026

Married biologists James Letts and Maria Maldonado were recruited to Australia’s Monash University and left behind their posts at UC Davis. — Adithi Ramakrishnan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

Federal officials said Williams and two others were recruited by a group who orchestrated the kidnapping. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026

For a handful of songs on the LP, Dead Man’s Bones recruited the Silver Lake Conservatory of Music Children’s Choir for backing vocals. — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2026