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employed

/ɪmˈplɔɪd/adjective2 syllables

Employed means: having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary.

Synonyms for employed8

adjective, as in having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary

engaged, hired, working, on the job, busy

adjective, as in made useful

utilized, utilised, used

Opposites of employed

unemployed

What does employed mean?2

adjective

1

having your services engaged for; or having a job especially one that pays wages or a salary“most of our graduates are employed”

2

made useful

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with employed?12

one syllable

lloydvoidfreud

three syllables

unemployedoverjoyed
Show 40 near rhymes
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Employed in a sentence

  • While employed at the bank, he taught economics at college.AlanF_US
  • If he had been honest, they would have employed him.CM
  • Six people applied for the job, but none of them were employed.CM
  • To be employed, you must fill out an application.Source_VOA
  • She had not been employed two months when her ability was recognized.unknown
  • She employed a private detective to keep a watch on her husband.CK
  • The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.fcbond
  • Sputter deposition is widely employed in the semiconductor industry.Auride

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