Synonyms for recruit
rɪˈkrutre·cruit

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1. recruit

   The transitive use of recover in the sense of cure, heal, etc., as in 2 Kings v, 6, "That thou mayest recover him of his leprosy," is now practically obsolete. The chief transitive use of recover is in the sense to obtain again after losing, regain, repossess, etc.; as, to recover stolen goods; to recover health. The intransitive sense, be cured, be restored, etc., is very common; as, to recover from sickness, terror, or misfortune.

   Synonyms:
   be cured, be healed, be restored, cure, heal, reanimate, recover, recuperate, regain, repossess, restore, resume, retrieve

   Antonyms:
   die, fail, grow worse, relapse, sink

   Preposition:
   From; rarely of; (Law) to recover judgment against, to recover damages of or from a person.

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1. recruit

   Synonyms:
   repair, refresh, renew, restore, recover, recreate, invigorate, revive, reinforce

   Antonyms:
   waste, lose, impair, relapse, decay, decline

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1. recruit, military recruitnoun

   a recently enlisted soldier

   Synonyms:
   enlistee, military recruit

2. recruit, enlisteeverb

   any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

   Synonyms:
   enlistee, military recruit

3. enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruitverb

   register formally as a participant or member

   "The party recruited many new members"

   Synonyms:
   go into, participate, enrol, infix, enter, encrypt, get into, go in, put down, figure, introduce, levy, code, cipher, cypher, embark, grave, scratch, autograph, record, inscribe, write in code, insert, engrave, encipher, accede, get in, come in, enroll, move into, raise

4. recruitverb

   seek to employ

   "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"

   Synonyms:
   enrol, enter, raise, levy, inscribe, enroll

5. recruit, levy, raiseverb

   cause to assemble or enlist in the military

   "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"

   Synonyms:
   kindle, evoke, arouse, put forward, leaven, set up, enrol, upgrade, impose, inscribe, provoke, elevate, kick upstairs, upraise, enkindle, put up, heighten, stir, elicit, advance, conjure, lift, fire, farm, grow, bring up, conjure up, nurture, resurrect, levy, promote, prove, erect, raise, call down, get up, produce, call forth, invoke, enter, enroll, rear, parent, enhance

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1. • Engage

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1. recruitverb

   Synonyms:
   repair, replenish

2. recruitverb

   Synonyms:
   refresh, revive, restore, renovate

3. recruitverb

   Synonyms:
   (Mil.) reinforce, supply with new men

4. recruitverb

   Synonyms:
   raise new soldiers, get supplies of men

5. recruitverb

   Synonyms:
   revive, recover, regain health, be restored to health, get well

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1. List of paraphrases for "recruit":

   recruiting, recruitment, hire, recruits, hiring, recruited, employ, rookie, attract, conscript, engage

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1. Ibn-e-Safi:

   Why is it that an ordinary clerk has to pass the examination for clerkship, a police constable has to go through training as a recruit before he could be commissioned and on the other hand vegetable-selling middlemen, good-for-nothing fuedals and imbecile merchants go sit in the Assemblies directly and start legisltating and some even become members of the cabinet

2. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly:

   If you are a terrorist with an Internet connection, like the one on your ever-present cellphone, you can recruit new soldiers, plan attacks and upload a video calling for jihad with just a few clicks, and thanks to new and ever improving and proliferating encryption and secure communication techniques, it'll be a lot harder to find you and stop you before you take innocent lives.

3. Nicole Fey:

   We’ve been able to recruit some, but there can never be enough.

4. Wayne Berman:

   Donors and fundraisers are successful individuals who are highly motivated, they make their own decisions, they are not subject to group think, you recruit them one at a time.

5. Rick Scott:

   Over the next four years, I will be traveling to your states personally to recruit you here.