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

Later in 2002, Vallas recruited Johnson to join him in Philadelphia, where Vallas was hired as CEO of that city’s school district. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

Alongside a brand partnership with Beyoncé, who penned a paean to Levi’s on her most recent album, the company has also recruited a Bollywood star and top European and British influencers — most of them female — to sport its looks. — Rob Wile, NBC news, 9 July 2026

During his time in Tallahassee, Latvala built a reputation as the most skilled and influential lawmaker in the statehouse, a position enhanced by a consulting business that recruited dozens of candidates, many who still hold office today. — Michael Van Sickler, Miami Herald, 9 July 2026

People came in and recruited Platner and just didn’t do enough opposition research. — Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 8 July 2026

Jones recruited a diverse team of specialists focusing on grief, trauma, anxiety and depression. — Ginger Gentile, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Within six months of living in Houston with his uncle, Michael Strahan was recruited to play college football. — ABC News, 4 July 2026

Novelo attended the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Stanford before Holberton recruited him to San Jose State. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 4 July 2026

Mexicans faced mass deportation campaigns in the 1930s and 1950s, even as millions were recruited as temporary workers to fill agricultural jobs across the Southwest. — Albert Sun, New York Times, 2 July 2026