Synonyms and antonyms of To employ someone in British Thesaurus

employ (verb)

to pay someone regularly to do a job for you or to work as a member of your organization

appoint (verb)

to choose someone to do a particular job or have a particular position

take on ()

to start to employ someone

sign (verb)

to officially employ someone to work for a particular organization

recruit (verb)

to get someone to work in a company or join an organization

engage (verb)

to start to employ someone or use their services

hire (verb)

to pay someone to work for you, especially for a short time

sign on ()

to employ someone to do a job

confirm (verb)

to formally accept someone new in an important position

retain (verb)

formal to employ a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor by paying an amount of money called a retainer before the work is done

appointee (noun)

someone who has been chosen to do a particular job

appointment (noun)

the fact of being given a new job, especially an important one

apprentice (verb)

if someone is apprenticed to another person, they are employed by that person to learn the type of work that they do

assign (verb)

to give someone a job to do

assignment (noun)

the process of giving someone or something a particular job, title, or status

bring back ()

to give someone a job or position that they had in the past

engagement (noun)

formal an arrangement to employ someone or to use their services

field (verb)

to use a person or group of people as your team, representatives, or army

have (verb)

if you have someone who does a particular job, they work for you, usually in a much lower position

have in ()

if you have someone in, they come to your house, office, factory etc to do some work there

hire out ()

to send someone to work for other people for short periods of time in return for payment

induct (verb)

formal to officially give someone a new job or position, especially in a formal ceremony

install (verb)

to officially put someone in an important job or position

keep on ()

to continue to employ someone

nominate (verb)

to officially suggest that someone should be given a job, or that someone or something should receive a prize

offshoring (noun)

the practice of sending work to be done in another country in order to save money

outsourcing (noun)

an arrangement in which work is done by people from outside your company, usually by a company that is expert in that type of work

parachute in ()

to suddenly put someone in a new job when people do not expect it

press someone/something into service ()

to give someone a particular job or responsibility that they do not normally have

professionalise ()

a British spelling of professionalize

professionalize (verb)

to make an activity or organization professional, especially by paying the people involved in it

reinstate (verb)

to give someone their previous job or position again

set up ()

to put someone in a position of power

staff (verb)

to provide an organization with the workers that it needs

staffing (noun)

the decisions and activities connected with providing staff for an organization

subcontract (verb)

to make a formal agreement to pay someone to do some of the work that you have agreed to do