Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recruit

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

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

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

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

How to use recruit in a sentence?

1. Dean Alexander:

   Unfortunately I think it is more of what we can expect in the future -- whether it is copy cats or whether you have, again, either ISIS-aligned or inspired or ISIS-directed individuals, it might instigate ISIS to take a more proactive approach to send individuals here to the U.S. or to try to recruit.

2. Corinne Dufka:

   The strategy of those loyal to Koufa appears to be to empty the region of administrative leaders, government officials and others collaborating with the army to both establish their authority and, perhaps, recruit more easily.

3. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter:

   The Syria train-and-equip program is even more challenging than the Iraq train-and-equip program, we are trying to recruit and identify people that... can be counted on -- that is, to fight, to have the right mindset and ideology.

4. Dianne Feinstein:

   We’re in a new age where terrorist groups like ISIL are using social media to reinvent how they recruit and plot attacks, that information can be the key to identifying and stopping terrorist recruitment or a terrorist attack, but we need help from technology companies.

5. 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

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