Synonyms and Antonyms of engage

synonym (synonym of engage)

  • (verb.social)
    prosecute, pursue
    carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    absorb, engross, occupy
    consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.social)
    employ, hire
    engage or hire for work (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    affiance, betroth, plight
    give to in marriage (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.social)
    wage
    carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    enlist
    hire for work or assistance (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    charter, hire, lease, rent, take
    engage for service under a term of contract (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    lock, mesh, operate
    keep engaged (verb.contact)
     

antonym (antonym of engage)

hypernym (engage IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • ask to represent; of legal counsel (verb.social)
    employ, engage, hire
    engage or hire for work (verb.social)
     
  • carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) (verb.social)
    contend, fight, struggle
    be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight (verb.competition)
     
  • carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in (verb.social)
    act, move
    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    interest
    excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of (verb.emotion)
     
  • engage for service under a term of contract (verb.possession)
    acquire, get
    come into the possession of something concrete or abstract (verb.possession)
     
  • get caught (verb.change)
    touch
    make physical contact with, come in contact with (verb.contact)
     
  • give to in marriage (verb.communication)
    vow
    make a vow; promise (verb.communication)
     
  • hire for work or assistance (verb.possession)
    procure, secure
    get by special effort (verb.possession)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    displace, move
    cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb.motion)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF engage relation)

  • carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) (verb.social)
    offer, provide, put up
    mount or put up (verb.social)
     
  • carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in (verb.social)
    commit, practice
    engage in or perform (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    close
    engage at close quarters (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    politick
    engage in political activities (verb.social)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    involve
    occupy or engage the interest of (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    consume
    engage fully (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    rivet
    hold (someone's attention) (verb.cognition)
     
  • engage or hire for work (verb.social)
    featherbed
    hire more workers than are necessary (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.social)
    fill
    appoint someone to (a position or a job) (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    engage
    ask to represent; of legal counsel (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    ship
    hire for work on a ship (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    contract, sign, sign on, sign up
    engage by written agreement (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    rat
    employ scabs or strike breakers in (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    farm out, job, subcontract
    arranged for contracted work to be done by others (verb.social)
     
  • get caught (verb.change)
    lock
    become rigid or immoveable (verb.change)
     
  • hire for work or assistance (verb.possession)
    recruit
    seek to employ (verb.possession)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    flip, switch, throw
    cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    ride
    keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot (verb.contact)
     

derivation (.... is derived from engage)

  • carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns) (verb.social)
    battle, conflict, engagement, fight
    a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (noun.act)
     
  • carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in (verb.social)
    interest, pastime, pursuit
    a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    prosecution, pursuance
    the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    engagement, involution, involvement, participation
    the act of sharing in the activities of a group (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    pursuer
    a person who pursues some plan or goal (noun.person)
     
  • consume all of one's attention or time (verb.cognition)
    business, job, line, line of work, occupation
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    occupation
    any activity that occupies a person's attention (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.attribute)
    engrossment, intentness
    the quality of being intent and concentrated (noun.attribute)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, engrossment, preoccupancy, preoccupation
    the mental state of being preoccupied by something (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion
    complete attention; intense mental effort (noun.cognition)
     
  • engage for service under a term of contract (verb.possession)
    rental, renting
    the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment or house or car) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    charter
    a contract to hire or lease transportation (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    lease
    a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    renter, tenant
    someone who pays rent to use land or a building or a car that is owned by someone else (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.possession)
    rent
    a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service (noun.possession)
     
  • (noun.time)
    lease, term of a contract
    the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect (noun.time)
     
  • engage or hire for work (verb.social)
    employment, engagement
    the act of giving someone a job (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    boss, hirer
    a person responsible for hiring workers (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    employee
    a worker who is hired to perform a job (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    employer
    a person or firm that employs workers (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    employ, employment
    the state of being employed or having a job (noun.state)
     
  • get caught (verb.change)
    engagement, interlocking, mesh, meshing
    contact by fitting together (noun.event)
     
  • give to in marriage (verb.communication)
    betrothal, espousal
    the act of becoming betrothed or engaged (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    betrothal, engagement, troth
    a mutual promise to marry (noun.communication)
     
  • keep engaged (verb.contact)
    interlock, interlocking, mesh, meshing
    the act of interlocking or meshing (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    operation
    the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.) (noun.act)
     
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