Synonyms for hire
- noun
- verb
Definitions
- n. 1
A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires.
- v. 1
To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down.
Related words
- Word family
- hireling
- Phrases
- hire car hire out hire purchase car hire
Choose the right word
In this connection employ is a word of more dignity than hire; a general is employed in his country's service; a mercenary adventurer is hired to fight a tyrant's battles.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- salary His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
- employment He didn't give us his previous employment record.
- rental Dan parked the rental car near the police station.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hire | steady | |
| salary | falling | |
| employment | falling | |
| rental | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- let1, pay1
- 4 letters
- take1, rent1, wage1
- 5 letters
- wages2, lease1
- 6 letters
- salary3, engage2, retain2, rental2, employ2
- 7 letters
- charter2, stipend2
- 9 letters
- emolument
- 10 letters
- employment3
- 12 letters
- remuneration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wages2 = 2 syllables).