Synonyms for recruit
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
3. Revive
revive, replenish, supply, restore, renew, recover, renovate, retrieve, repair, refresh, re-create
Other
Noun
1. Beginner
beginner, greenhorn, neophyte, tyro, tenderfoot, trainee, initiate, freshman, apprentice, probationer, newcomer, fledgling, novice, abecedarian, probationist, alphabetarian
Definitions
- v. 1
To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
- v. 2
To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
the army was recruited for a campaign
- v. 3
To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
- n. 1
A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
Related words
- Word family
- recruitee recruitment
Example sentences
- enter What is the reason you want to enter this college?
- enroll I'd like to enroll you as a member of our club.
- enlist Tom's father opposed his decision to enlist in the army.
- inscribe I asked the jeweler to inscribe my initials on the back my watch.
- revive Benedito poured water on the plants to revive them.
- proselytize Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas.
By length
- 4 letters
- levy2, tyro
- 5 letters
- enter2, raise1, renew2, enrol
- 6 letters
- supply2, repair2, revive2, enroll2, enlist2, novice2
- 7 letters
- soldier2, recover3, restore2, refresh2, trainee2
- 8 letters
- freshman2, retrieve2, initiate4, beginner3, newcomer3, renovate3, neophyte3, inscribe2, enlistee3
- 9 letters
- fledgling2, replenish3, greenhorn, recruitee
- 10 letters
- apprentice3, tenderfoot
- 11 letters
- proselytize4, probationer4, proselytise, abecedarian
- 12 letters
- probationist
- 13 letters
- alphabetarian
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (levy2 = 2 syllables).