recruit

Meaning

Noun

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
3. A hired worker
4. A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Verb

1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
3. To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
4. To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
6. To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

Concepts

recruit

enlist

enrol

conscript

enroll

hire

attract

canvass

rally

woo

levy

inscribe

sign up

engage

raise

enter

rookie

accrue

acquire

earn

gain

get

obtain

profit

secure

win

impress

private

refresh

beginner

employ

enlistee

military recruit

sign

register

indoctrinate

accept

join up

levy troops

revive

apprentice

draftee

selectee

soldier

fresh

list

newcomer

supply

renewal

repair

recovery

recreation

restoration

reinforce

increase

yard-bird

newly enlisted soldier

select

draft

draught

induct

new recruit

fill in

fill up

make good

yard bird

yardbird

take on

ship

newbie

novice

beat

earn a living

reach

take

subscribe

draftee rookie

accede

come into

fall in

get into

sign in

step in

summon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɹut/

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb). Doublet of creature, crescent, croissant, crew, and recreation.