hiring

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

Example Sentences

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“Our data shows that middle managers aren’t going anywhere,” said Sneha Puri, an economist with the Indeed Hiring Lab.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Hiring has broadly slowed over the past year, with the labor market settling into a less dynamic gear.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Hiring picked up in March, but the rate of job openings ticked down, according to a report from the Labor Department that emphasized a continued stretch of relatively low dynamism in the job market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Hiring in February was the weakest in 12 years, excluding the pandemic.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Hiring himself out to neighbors and relatives, he chopped wood, plowed fields, brought in hay, and built barns and cabins.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

hiring

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