Synonyms of employs

employs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of employ

1

as in hires

to provide with a paying job

a new factory that will employ 500 people

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in uses

to put into action or service

looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uses
• utilizes
• applies
• operates
• exploits
• harnesses
• exercises
• draws on
• makes use of
• wields
• manipulates
• handles
• brings to bear
• works
• directs
• recycles
• runs
• reuses
• cannibalizes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignores
• neglects
• misuses
• misapplies

employs

2 of 2

noun

plural of employ

as in employments

the state of being provided with a paying job

while you're under our employ, you can't do outside work for our competitors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• employments
• works
• hires
• appointments
• assignments
• engagements
• tenures
• positions
• occupations
• enlistments
• situations
• recruitments
• conscriptions
• posts
• places
• incumbencies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• boots
• discharges
• dismissals
• removals
• firings
• leaves
• sacks
• suspensions
• unemployments
• layoffs
• severances
• demotions
• liberties
• furloughs
• retirements

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of employs

Verb

Wade now will join the renegade row of coaches at LSU, which also employs football rapscallion Lane Kiffin and women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey. —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026

The worker, who didn’t want her name used because she was not authorized to speak with reporters, has been doing this all without a paycheck, because a partial federal shutdown has halted funding to the agency that employs her, the Department of Homeland Security. —Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026

Monaghan did not immediately respond Thursday to a question asking how many people the company employs at the new headquarters and in Idaho. —Marcus Dorsey, Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026

The trailer showed how Cumming and Morrissey’s characters become entangled when Cumming, a gay bar owner, employs Morrissey, a construction worker struggling to find work, to fix up his bar. —Ellise Shafer, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026

College Hunks Hauling Junk, which similarly employs young employees, has over 200 franchise locations nationwide. —Tom Huddleston Jr. lauren Shamo valentina Duarte, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026

Risa DeSilva-King, the nonprofit's chief of operations, said Safe Corridors employs about 60 crossing guards across the city of Chester, the borough of Darby and the borough of Sharon Hill. —Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026

Recognized as the industry standard for modern brand measurement, Launchmetrics employs its proprietary Media Impact Value algorithm to analyze and rank both brands and stars across the five key categories. —Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 19 Mar. 2026

In addition to offering previously unattainable data rates, Wi-Fi 7 employs new technologies to reduce latency, increase network capacity, and boost efficiency. —Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026

Noun

Micron did not respond Thursday to questions about how many workers Crucial employs and whether they will be laid off or land jobs elsewhere at the company. —Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 5 Dec. 2025

But the depth of struggles beyond that must prompt some broader questions about philosophy or the type of hitters Houston employs. —Chandler Rome, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025