Unscramble hire

Definition of hire

noun:

• a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special training".
• the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a week's car hire".

verb:

• engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department", "How many people has she employed?". Synonyms: employ, engage. Antonyms: fire.
• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services. Synonyms: charter, lease, rent.
• engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street", "Let's rent a car", "Shall we take a guide in Rome?". Synonyms: charter, engage, lease, rent, take.

Related words

contract, engage, featherbed, fill, job, rat, ship, sign, subcontract.

Words nearby

aire, dire, eire, fire, hare, here, hide, hie, hike, hired, hirer, hive, ire, mire, shire, sire, tire, wire.

Rhymes with

acquire, attire, briar, brier, buyer, choir, conspire, crier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, fire, flier, flyer, friar, frier.