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adjective
Having a job
Synonyms: hired, jobholding, retained, working
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adjective
Involved in activity or work
Synonyms: busy, occupied, engaged, working, laboring, gainfully employed, holding down a job, not out of work, not on the unemployed rolls, not on the relief rolls, in collar, in someone's employ, in someone's pay, hard at it, on-the-job, hired, operating, selected, active, placed, commissioned, on-duty, on the payroll, in-harness, on the grind, plugging
Antonyms: unemployed, out-of-work, inactive, unengaged, jobless, unoccupied, idle
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verb
Engage or hire for work
Synonyms: used, utilized, manipulated, exercised, applied, hired, supplied, serviced, retained, engaged, practiced, procured, occupied, implemented, operated, involved, exploited, bestowed
Antonyms: shunned, ignored, misused
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verb
Give, take job for money
Synonyms: hired, contracted, retained, engaged
Antonyms: fired
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verb
To make busy
Synonyms: occupied, engaged, busied