What is another word for be employed?

Pronunciation: [biː ɛmplˈɔ͡ɪd] (IPA)

There are various synonyms available for the term "be employed." Some of the frequently used ones include being hired, working, being engaged, being occupied, having a job or career, being in service, being on duty, being appointed, being stationed and being in a position. These terms indicate the state of being actively engaged in a job or an occupation. They could also mean fulfilling a specific role or responsibility within an organization or workplace. Using synonyms such as these can lend variety to one's writing while accurately conveying the intended meaning.

What are the hypernyms for Be employed?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    have a job, Have a career, Have employment, engage in paid work, receive a salary.

Famous quotes with Be employed

  • FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.
    Felix Adler
  • Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.
    Charles Babbage
  • No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.
    Jeremy Bentham
  • When you cease from labour, fill up your time in reading, meditation, and prayer: and while your hands are labouring, let your heart be employed, as much as possible, in divine thoughts.
    David Brainerd
  • The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.
    Joseph Butler

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