Word Type

Noun

The word "employment" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

underemployment unemployment unemployment

Derived Terms

antiemployment at will employment at-will employment co-employment employment agency employment at will employment contract employment history employment tribunal employment-at-will full employment malemployment misemployment nonemployment outside employment overemployment preemployment reemployment self-employment subemployment underemployment written statement of employment

Etymologically Related To

employ

Context

economics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

action activity business job line line of work occupation state

Type Of (IsA)

action occupation state

Related Terms

employ employable employed employee employer

Related Terms

activity employ employable employed employee employer employing enjoy enjoy meant gainful gainful activity has has ploy having having job job longer meant number occupation paid people percentage ploy purpose time use work work job

Synonym Network

employ hire use

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