signing (up or on)

verb

present participle of sign (up or on)
as in employing
to provide with a paying job the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for signing (up or on)
  1. employing
  2. hiring
  3. recruiting
  4. taking on
Verb
  • In recent years, the local economy has improved as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base expanded, now directly employing 38,000 people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That expands the number of platforms capable of employing the system during defensive or offensive operations.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of employing
Verb
  • Goal-setting with families would be optional, as would hiring preferences for Head Start parents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The board voted 6-2 Tuesday to create a committee that will oversee the search for Crystal Hill’s replacement, taking its first formal step toward hiring a new superintendent one week after abruptly firing Hill.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of hiring
Verb
  • However, the biggest challenge lies in recruiting for engineering and software positions.
    — Chase Jordan October 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Among dentists recruiting hygienists, 91% said hiring was very or extremely challenging.
    — Manjot Pal, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruiting
Verb
  • Pugh also serves as an executive producer on East of Eden, taking on a central role in the creation of the series since she was brought on in 2020.
    — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Her whole mission in taking on that case was to do it differently than the other case.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of taking on
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

signing up (for)
signing (up or on)
sign language
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Signing (up or on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/signing%20%28up%20or%20on%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

Listen to the pronunciation of discreet

See Definitions and Examples »

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

7 Great Ways to Say 'Great'

The Longest Long Words List
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
name tags
Words Named After People Quiz Find out who’s behind "leotard," "morphine," an...
See All