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

However, all three of Embiid, Maxey and Brown recruited James directly, according to McMenamin. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

The challenges are where most of the drama goes down, but the show also recruited none other than Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, to serve as a guest judge for an episode that airs on July 26, 2026. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

Intriago also faced four additional counts related to shipping bulletproof vests to Haiti for about 20 former Colombian soldiers whom CTU recruited and sent to Port-au-Prince roughly a month before the killing. — Jay Weaver july 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

The Hoosiers have recruited pretty well at times in the past, sure. — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Her salvation came in 2016, when she was recruited by Friends Hetauda, named for the industrial transit city where it is based. — ABC News, 23 July 2026

The streamer has recruited world-famous couples therapist and The Invite consultant Esther Perel to lead documentary series The Last Person on Earth, Apple’s first foray into the relationship genre. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2026

The speculation has only grown more heated as players such as Garrett and Davante Adams have subtly recruited Donald on social media, and when Donald was caught on camera doing football drills at the Rams’ practice facility this month. — Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 23 July 2026

The film follows Johnny Cage, a martial arts actor who is recruited by the thunder god Raiden and Sonya Blade to join his fellow Earthrealm fighters in an inter-dimensional tournament against the Outworld warriors. — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 17 July 2026