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
• promoted
• apprenticed
• contracted
• re-engaged
• jobbed
• re-employed
• scouted
• reengaged
• upgraded
• kept (on)
• headhunted
• advanced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissed
• discharged
• fired
• sacked
• canned
• laid off
• axed
• locked out
• furloughed