| Main Entry: | hire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commission for responsibility, use |
Synonyms: |
add to payroll, appoint, authorize, book, bring in, bring on board, carry, charter, contract for, delegate, draft, employ, empower, engage, enlist, exploit, fill a position, find help, give a break, give job to, give work, ink, lease, let, make use of, obtain, occupy, pick, place, pledge, procure, promise, put on*, put to work, rent, retain, secure, select, sign on, sign up, sublease, sublet, take on, truck with, utilize |
Antonyms: |
discharge, fire, lay off, let go |
| Main Entry: | retire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave a place or responsibility |
Synonyms: |
absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pull back, pull out, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |
Antonyms: |
begin, enter, join |
| Main Entry: | superannuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | retire |
Synonyms: |
absent oneself, decamp, deny oneself, depart, draw back, ebb, exit, fall back, get away, get off, give ground, give up work, give way, go away, go to bed, go to one's room, go to sleep, go*, hand over, hit the sack, leave service, make vacant, part, pension, pull back, pull out, put out to pasture, recede, regress, relinquish, remove, repeal, rescind, resign, retreat, revoke, run along, rusticate, secede, seclude oneself, separate, sever connections, stop working, surrender, take off, turn in, withdraw, yield |