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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)

  • (verb.social)
    can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
    terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.change)
    disengage
    become free (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    disengage, withdraw
    release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles (verb.contact)
     

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)
     
synonym antonym hypernym hyponym derivation prosecute pursue absorb engross employ hire disengage withdraw can touch interest vow displace acquire get lock involve consume rivet flip switch engagement interlocking business job occupation engrossment
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