Synonyms of recruits

recruits 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of recruit

as in hires

to provide with a paying job

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hires
• employs
• engages
• pays
• places
• enlists
• jobs
• fees
• retains
• signs (up or on)
• partners
• assumes
• takes on
• lays on
• apprentices
• rehires
• contracts
• promotes
• reemploys
• reengages
• scouts
• upgrades
• subcontracts
• keeps (on)
• advances
• headhunts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cans
• discharges
• dismisses
• fires
• axes
• sacks
• furloughs
• locks out
• lays off

recruits

2 of 2

noun

plural of recruit

as in apprentices

a person who is just starting out in a field of activity

the skydiving instructor and other experienced jumpers tried to encourage the new recruits on their first jump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• apprentices
• freshmen
• novices
• newcomers
• beginners
• rookies
• virgins
• novitiates
• greenhorns
• students
• newbies
• colts
• rooks
• fledglings
• neophytes
• tyros
• punks
• cubs
• trainees
• tenderfeet
• babes
• candidates
• boots
• abecedarians
• amateurs
• entrants
• learners
• dabblers
• probationers
• dilettantes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• veterans
• professionals
• experts
• vets
• masters
• pros
• old-timers
• old hands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of recruits

Verb

Standout recruits among the mass of volunteers were selected for additional training and assigned to high-priority operations. — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026

Ryu and Ken Masters’ paths collide again after Chun-Li (Liang) tracks them down and recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament. — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026

In the 1990 original, Quaid played a race team owner who recruits Cole into NASCAR, while Nicole Kidman played a neurosurgeon who becomes Cole’s love interest. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026

Most of the industry recruits everyone and trains almost no one — a model critics have compared to multilevel marketing. — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026

To update standards, the department recruits a committee of educators and experts from around the state who meet over several months and produce a recommendation for course descriptions and grade-level expectations and benchmarks. — Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026

The star, playing an unnamed Narrator, recruits audience members to help act out a story about grief, as her character recounts her mother’s depression and suicide attempts. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Every surrogate should have her own independent lawyer paid for by the agency that recruits her. — Arthur L. Caplan, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

Saldaña plays Joe McNamara, a CIA station chief leading the covert Lioness unit, which recruits and trains female soldiers for global counter-terrorism missions, balancing this with a challenging family life. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Noun

If Bryce Underwood continues his poor play, will this calm down the big spending on incoming high school recruits? — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

The union says Hialeah firefighters remain underpaid compared with firefighters in neighboring departments and has pointed to significant attrition among recruits. — Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

The couple pleaded guilty in 2020 to conspiracy charges after prosecutors accused them of paying $500,000 to get their daughters admitted to the University of Southern California as crew recruits, even though neither had participated in the sport. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

Richard Baron, a captain at Muddy Brook Fire Department — another volunteer department in Woodstock — sees the benefit of supporting new recruits who apply to career firefighting jobs. — Julia Levine, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026

The two girls were falsely listed as recruits for the university’s crew team, even though neither ever participated in the sport. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Murry Taylor, who jumped for twenty-seven seasons, many of them with Dow, compared the recruits to wild horses. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

The training also involved using real knives as much as possible to get recruits used to the sharp blades and to instill the needed fighting ethos. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

The educational overhaul effectively helps create a stream of potential recruits from the classroom to the army. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026