employ: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 13 letter points · starts with E · ends with Y
Meaning of employ
verb
To retain (someone) as an employee.
Example: Our company employs hundreds of people.
To use (someone or something) for a job or task.
Example: The burglar employed a jemmy to get in.
To make busy; to preoccupy.
- rare
To provide (someone) with a new job; to hire.
Example: Yesterday our local garage employed a new mechanic.
Listed forms: employs, employing, employed, imploy.
Source: Wiktionary — employ.
noun
The state of being an employee; employment.
Example: The school district has six thousand teachers in its employ.
- archaic
An occupation.
- obsolete
The act of employing someone or making use of something; employment.
Listed forms: employs, imploy.
Source: Wiktionary — employ.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for employ.
noun
the state of being employed or having a job
verb
put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
verb
engage or hire for work
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is employ in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of employ
E(1) + M(3) + P(3) + L(1) + O(1) + Y(4) = 13 points.
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Anagrams of employ
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from employ
44 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in employ. Showing up to 24, longest first.