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

The group also refined donor engagement, recruited five new board members and streamlined operations. — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

This year, the State Department again cites Cubans fraudulently recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026

In 1997 Rose Marie Bravo was recruited from Saks Fifth Avenue to become CEO and was soon credited with turning Burberry from a dormant heritage brand into a global luxury house. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

The advisor who ends up on a board wasn’t there to be recruited. — Jennifer Hoffmann, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

In May, Glasgow recruited former General Motors Chief AI Officer Barak Turovsky to be head of consumer AI. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Gilroy recruited nine composers, each scoring a different fictional film within the film. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026

Most of the workers involved were from India, where they were recruited. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026

For their 40-date run at the Sphere in Las Vegas, his bandmates recruited a substitute drummer, Bram van den Berg. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026