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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, shun |
| Main Entry: | attach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | socially join |
| Synonyms: | accompany, affiliate, associate, become associated with, combine, enlist, join forces with, latch onto, sign on with, sign up with, unite with |
| Antonyms: | disjoin, disunite, divorce |
| Main Entry: | commission |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | authorize or delegate task |
| Synonyms: | accredit, appoint, assign, bespeak, bid, charge, command, commit, confide to, consign, constitute, contract, crown, depute, deputize, dispatch, employ, empower, enable, engage, enlist, enroll, entrust, hire, inaugurate, induct, instruct, invest, license, name, nominate, ordain, order, select, send |
| Antonyms: | retract, unauthorize |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
| Synonyms: | call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | employ |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money in exchange for work performed |
| Synonyms: | bring on board, come on board, commission, contract, contract for, engage, enlist, hire, ink, obtain, place, procure, put on*, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with |
| Antonyms: | fire, lay off, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hire for job, use |
| Synonyms: | appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board, charter, come on board, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with |
| Antonyms: | banish, discharge, dismiss, eject, expel, fire, let go, oust, release |
| Main Entry: | enroll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for membership |
| Synonyms: | accept, admit, become student, call up, employ, engage, enlist, enter, join, join up, matriculate, muster, obtain, recruit, register, serve, sign on, subscribe, take course, take on |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, ignore, pass, reject |
| Main Entry: | enroll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, record |
| Synonyms: | affix, bill, book, catalog, chronicle, engross, enlist, enter, file, fill out, index, inscribe, insert, inventorize, mark, matriculate, note, poll, register, schedule, slate |
| Antonyms: | cancel, dismiss, neglect |
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | embark on; take part in |
| Synonyms: | become member, begin, commence, commit oneself, enlist, enroll, get oneself into, inaugurate, join, join up, lead off, muster*, open, participate in, set about, set out on, set to, sign on, sign up, start, subscribe, take up, tee off |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forget, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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