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"flunkeys", "subordinates", "underlings", "yes-men", "drudges", "gandy dancers", "grubs", "hacks", "jobbers", "laborers", "navvies", "toilers", "nine-to-fivers", "wage earners", "wage slaves", "wageworkers", "workingmen", "workingwomen", "workmen", "workwomen", "associates", "colleagues", "coworkers", "co-workers", "temporaries", "temps" ], "near antonyms":[ "bosses", "superiors", "supervisors" ], "antonyms":[ "employers", "gaffers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hiring":{ "to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{ "examples":[ "the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding" ], "synonyms":[ "chartering", "engaging", "leasing", "renting" ], "near synonyms":[ "subleasing", "subletting", "checking out", "arranging (for)", "bespeaking", "booking", "contracting (for)", "ordering", "reserving", "signing up (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to provide with a paying job":{ "examples":[ "the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer" ], 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"boots", "discharges", "dismissals", "firings", "removals", "sacks", "severances", "demotions", "suspensions", "furloughs", "layoffs", "leaves", "liberties", "retirements" ], "antonyms":[ "unemployments" ] }, "the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{ "examples":[ "used to mow lawns for hire" ], "synonyms":[ "emoluments", "packets", "paychecks", "pay envelopes", "payments", "pays", "salaries", "stipends", "wages" ], "near synonyms":[ "living wages", "minimum wages", "nominal wages", "take-home pays", "double times", "overtimes", "time and a halfs", "compensations", "recompenses", "remittances", "remunerations", "requitals", "returns", "recoupments", "redresses", "reparations", "restitutions", "reimbursements", "repayments", "earnings", "profits", "takings", "yields" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hired":{ "to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{ "examples":[ "the Youngs hired a limousine for their daughter's wedding" ], "synonyms":[ "chartered", "engaged", "leased", "rented" ], "near synonyms":[ "subleased", "sublet", "checked out", "arranged (for)", "bespoke", "booked", "contracted (for)", "ordered", "reserved", "signed up (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to provide with a paying job":{ "examples":[ "the farm hires teenagers to pick blueberries in the summer" ], "synonyms":[ "assumed", "employed", "engaged", "feed", "laid on", "paid", "placed", "recruited", "retained", "signed (up or on)", "took on" ], "near synonyms":[ "reemployed", "re-employed", "reengaged", "re-engaged", "rehired", "apprenticed", "contracted", "jobbed", "partnered", "subcontracted", "enlisted", "advanced", "promoted", "upgraded", "kept (on)", "headhunted", "scouted" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughed", "laid off", "locked out" ], "antonyms":[ "axed", "canned", "discharged", "dismissed", "fired", "sacked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hirsute":{ "covered with or as if with hair":{ "examples":[ "wore a hirsute mask as part of his werewolf costume" ], "synonyms":[ "bristly", "brushy", "cottony", "fleecy", "furred", "furry", "hairy", "rough", "shaggy", "silky", "unshorn", "woolly", "wooly" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearded", "bewhiskered", "mustachioed", "moustachioed", "whiskered", "stubbled", "stubbly", "downy", "fluffy", "fuzzy", "linty", "nappy" ], "near antonyms":[ "beardless", "shaved", "shaven" ], "antonyms":[ "bald", "furless", "glabrous", "hairless", "shorn", "smooth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }