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

In her 2008 work Mirror Play, San Francisco Poets Theatre Beloved’s Carla Harryman employs a field of speakers as an engine for organizing meaning between interior perception and exterior reality. —Literary Hub, 29 May 2026

The laptop employs the same chassis design Acer has been using for Nitros over the past couple of years. —John Burek, PC Magazine, 29 May 2026

The team also employs former Wake Forest offensive lineman Michael Jurgens and former Wake Forest performance staffer Chad Bari. —Alec Lewis, New York Times, 29 May 2026

The retailer, which employs more than 341,000 people globally, has used AI to streamline operations across parts of the business, from pharmacy and gas stations to accounting and IT. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 May 2026

One major insurance company is finding out in an extensive pilot that employs autonomous software development tools. —Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Industry reporting in the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Journal of Petroleum Technology noted that the project employs advanced extraction techniques, including thermal recovery, steam flooding, and water injection, to improve production efficiency in heavy-oil environments. —Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026

The brand is present in more than 1,000 jewelry stores in 60 countries and employs 60 people. —Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 28 May 2026

The kraft pulp and paper mill and liquid packaging plant employs around 1,000 people, according to the Washington Department of Ecology. —Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 27 May 2026

Noun

Calculating the interest-earning potential of a high-yield savings or money market account over the short term is relatively straightforward, since the variable rate each employs isn't likely to move dramatically in just a few months. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 May 2026

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