employ

/ɛmplˈɔɪ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
   “use your head!”
2. engage or hire for work
   “They hired two new secretaries in the department”

noun

1. the state of being employed or having a job
   “they are looking for employment”

Synonyms for employ

• use
• utilize
• utilise
• apply
• hire
• engage
• employment

Words that rhyme with employ

• toy
• enjoy
• alloy
• convoy
• destroy
• joy
• soy
• boy
• corduroy
• cowboy
• coy
• decoy
• cloy
• deploy
• doughboy
• ploy
• savoy
• troy
• annoy
• bellboy
• busboy
• carboy
• goy
• highboy
• hoy
• playboy
• redeploy
• schoolboy
• tomboy
• ahoy