Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "employ" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

fire lay lay off make make redundant off redundant sack work work for

Derived Terms

disemploy employ a steam engine to crack a nut employable employed employer employless employment malemploy misemploy nonemploying overemploy preemploy re-employemployee reemploy unemploy

Derived From

en

Etymologically Related To

implicate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act choose move select state

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hire put to good use

Related Terms

apply employé implicate imply manipulate

Related Terms

action boss busy destroy enjoy finding finding job for jobs get job get worker getting getting job give give job give work giving giving job giving jobs giving work have have worker hire hire someone hiring imp imp love imply job job offer job related job work jobs love offer pay pay worker people people working provide provide work recruit related someone take take worker task use use hire work work hire worker working works works for

Similar Terms

apply practice use

Synonym Network

employment hire use

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.