recruit

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Synonyms: decruit

Antonyms: decruit

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a [[reinforcement]].
2. A person [[enlisted]] for service in the army; a newly enlisted [[soldier]].
3. A hired worker
4. {{lb|en|biology|ecology}} A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain [[population]].

Verb

1. To [[enroll]] or [[enlist]] new [[member]]s or [[potential]] [[employee]]s on behalf of an [[employer]], [[organization]], [[sports]] team, the [[military]], etc.
2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by [[enlistment]]; also, to [[muster]]
3. {{lb|en|archaic}} To [[replenish]], [[renew]], or [[reinvigorate]] by [[fresh]] [[supplies]]; to [[remedy#Verb|remedy]] a [[lack]] or [[deficiency]] in.
4. {{lb|en|biology|intransitive}} To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
5. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} To [[prompt#Verb|prompt]] a [[protein]], [[leucocyte]]. etc. to [[intervene]] in a given [[region]] of the [[body]].
6. {{lb|en|dated|intransitive}} To [[recuperate]]; to gain [[health]], [[flesh]], [[spirits]], or the like.

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