Synonyms for enlist
Definitions
- v. 1
To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
- v. 2
To voluntarily join a cause or organization, especially military service.
The army wants potential soldiers to enlist.
- v. 3
To recruit the aid or membership of others.
We enlisted fifty new members.
Related words
- Word family
- enlistee enlister enlistment
- Is a kind of
- record tick off
Forms
- Past participle
- enlisted
e.g. enlisted → mustered, drafted, recruited, enrolled…
Example sentences
- recruit Jim was trying to recruit young Belgians for ISIS.
- enroll I'd like to enroll you as a member of our club.
- engage I'd like to engage in foreign trade in the future.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1
- 4 letters
- take1, list1, join1
- 5 letters
- enter2, draft1, enrol
- 6 letters
- engage2, employ2, enroll2, muster2, induct2
- 7 letters
- recruit2, draught1
- 8 letters
- interest2, register3, enscroll
- 9 letters
- affiliate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (enter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- s'inscrire