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.

Synonyms

enlist

conscript

enrol

enroll

hire

attract

inscribe

levy

canvass

woo

rally

engage

rookie

enter

sign up

raise

get

gain

accrue

win

register

obtain

private

enlistee

profit

impress

secure

beginner

🔰

employ

earn

sign

military recruit

refresh

acquire

soldier

step in

subscribe

summon

supply

take

take on

yardbird

earn a living

new recruit

levy troops

yard bird

yard-bird

newly enlisted soldier

accede

draftee rookie

accept

🉑

apprentice

beat

come into

draft

draftee

draught

fall in

fill in

fill up

fresh

get into

increase

indoctrinate

induct

join up

list

make good

newbie

newcomer

novice

reach

recovery

recreation

reinforce

renewal

repair

restoration

revive

select

selectee

ship

🚢

sign in

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɹut/

Etymology

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