employ
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being employed or having a job
they are looking for employment
Types & categories
- state hypernym
Related & opposite
- unemployment antonym
- hire derivation
Sense 2 verb
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
use your head!
Types & categories
- dedicate hyponym
- play hyponym
- play hyponym
- pull out all the stops hyponym
- put hyponym
- ply hyponym
- address hyponym
- waste hyponym
- misuse hyponym
- avail hyponym
- overuse hyponym
- cannibalize hyponym
- reprocess hyponym
- exploit hyponym
- exploit hyponym
- strain hyponym
- exercise hyponym
- enjoy hyponym
- take hyponym
- share hyponym
- put to work hyponym
- implement hyponym
- resort hyponym
Related & opposite
- go for causes
- use derivation
- application derivation
- usefulness derivation
- user derivation
- utilizer derivation
- available derivation
- applicative derivation
- useable derivation
- usable derivation
- utilizable derivation
- practice verb group
Sense 3 verb
engage or hire for work
They hired two new secretaries in the department
Types & categories
- featherbed hyponym
- fill hyponym
- engage hyponym
- ship hyponym
- sign up hyponym
- rat hyponym
- subcontract hyponym
Related & opposite
- give the axe antonym
- employment derivation
- hirer derivation
- employee derivation
- employer derivation
- employment derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unemployment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | state |
| 2 | causes | Related & opposite | go for |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | use |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | application |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | usefulness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | user |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilizer |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | available |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | applicative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | useable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | usable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | utilizable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | practice |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dedicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | play |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | play |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pull out all the stops |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | put |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | ply |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | address |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | misuse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | avail |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overuse |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cannibalize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reprocess |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exploit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exploit |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exercise |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enjoy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | share |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | put to work |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | implement |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | resort |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | give the axe |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employment |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hirer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employee |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | employment |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | featherbed |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | fill |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | engage |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ship |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sign up |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | rat |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subcontract |