A recruit is a person who has recently joined an organization or an army.
Synonyms: beginner, trainee, apprentice, novice More Synonyms of recruit
More Synonyms of recruit
recruit in British English
(rɪˈkruːt)
verb
1.
a.
to enlist (someone) for military service
b.
to raise or strengthen (an army, navy, etc) by enlistment
2. (transitive)
to enrol or obtain (members, support, etc)
3.
to furnish or be furnished with a fresh supply; renew
4. archaic
to recover (health, strength, spirits, etc)
noun
5.
a newly joined member of a military service
6.
any new member or supporter
Derived forms
recruitable (reˈcruitable)
adjective
recruiter (reˈcruiter)
noun
recruitment (reˈcruitment)
noun
Word origin
C17: from French recrute literally: new growth, from recroître to grow again, from Latin recrēscere from re- + crēscere to grow
recruit in American English
(rɪˈkrut)
verb transitive
1.
to raise or strengthen (an army, navy, etc.) by enlisting personnel
2.
to enlist (personnel) into an army or navy
3.
a.
to enlist (new members), as for a party or organization
b.
to hire or engage the services of
4. Rare
a.
to increase or maintain by supplying anew; replenish
b.
to revive or restore (health, strength, etc.)
5.
to seek to enroll (students) in a college, university, etc., as for the purpose of playing a varsity sport
verb intransitive
6.
to enlist new personnel, esp. for a military force
7. Rare
a.
to get new supplies of something, as in replacement
b.
to regain health, strength, etc.
8.
to seek to enroll students, as athletes to play a varsity sport, in college, university, etc.
noun
9.
a newly enlisted or drafted soldier, sailor, etc.
10.
a new member of any group, body, or organization
Derived forms
recruiter (reˈcruiter)
noun
recruitment (reˈcruitment)
noun
Word origin
Fr recruter < recrute, a recruit, lit., new growth < recrû, pp. of recroître, to grow again < L re-, again + crescere, to grow, increase: see crescent
Examples of 'recruit' in a sentence
recruit
The club have tried to recruit players with similar qualities.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Two new recruits will give his personal staff a still harder edge.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is little wonder that the service is unable to recruit enough people to fill vacancies.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Union leaders say new doctors with six years' training get less than police recruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
A council is recruiting members of the public to fill in potholes that it cannot afford to repair itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They go on as recruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Information security organisations will run a series of national public competitions as a way of recruiting staff for the UK’s future cyber security workforce.
Computing (2010)
When a club are promoted, they have very little time to recruit new players to help them to survive in the top tier.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Without dialogue and using only choreographed dance, the film follows a group of fresh recruits as they move from training to the front line.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Consider how to recruit the people whose needs these groups will meet.
Christianity Today (2000)
The criminal record resulted in him being rejected as an army recruit.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It also instituted a subscription drive to recruit new members.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
The club can focus on recruiting other players and preparing for next season.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He and his fellow squaddies are not the only new recruits to arrive in the barracks.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
You have to go out and recruit at the best universities.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Those newly recruited to the company need the same induction information as regular employees.
Torrington, Derek Personnel Management: A New Approach (1991)
The recent campaign to recruit police officers is a case in point.
Corporate Research Foundation TOP MARKETING AND MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE UK (2002)
How are they to recruit a new staff and train them without a veteran available to assist?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Regular army recruits sign up for at least four years.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Only football recruits its players solely from the working class.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Police forces are enlisting new recruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Then, a new recruit joins the team.
The Sun (2006)
Turnover is low, so the service rarely recruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It recently recruited two partners to its Singapore office.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The new head of the Canadian intelligence services recruits a notorious gang boss as a mole.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The Army has had to try to fit the new recruits into the existing training system.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
A large influx of young recruits joined them, many weak from malnutrition.
Max Hastings Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445 (2007)
Nato commanders and ANA officers blame a weak vetting programme that fails to conduct detailed background checks on fresh recruits.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
recruit
British English: recruit VERB
If you recruit people for an organization, you select them and persuade them to join it or work for it.
The charity want to recruit more volunteers.
American English: recruit
Brazilian Portuguese: recrutar
Chinese: 招募
European Spanish: reclutar
French: recruter
German: anwerben
Italian: reclutare
Japanese: 採用する
Korean: 모집하다
European Portuguese: recrutar
Latin American Spanish: reclutar
Chinese translation of 'recruit'
recruit
(rɪˈkruːt)
n(c)
(Mil) 新兵 (xīnbīng) (个(個), gè)
(in company, organization) 新成员(員) (xīn chéngyuán) (位, wèi)
vt
(Mil) 招募 (zhāomù)
[staff, new members]招收 (zhāoshōu)
1 (verb)
Definition
to enrol or obtain (members or support)
He recruited volunteers to serve meals to the homeless.
Synonyms
gather
She started gathering up her things.
take on
obtain
Evans was trying to obtain a false passport.
engage
We have been able to engage some staff.
round up
enrol
I thought I'd enrol you with an art group at the school.
procure
It was difficult to procure food and other daily necessitites.
proselytize
2 (verb)
Definition
to enrol or obtain (members or support)
He's managed to recruit an army of crooks.
Synonyms
assemble
The assembled multitude cheered as the leaders arrived.
raise
Landed nobles provided courts of justice and raised troops.
levy
round up
call up
muster
The general had mustered his troops north of the border.
mobilize
The government has mobilized troops to help.
3 (verb)
Definition
to enlist (people) for military service
He had the forlorn job of trying to recruit soldiers.
Synonyms
enlist
Three thousand men were enlisted.
draft
call up
conscript
impress
sign up
He signed up as a steward.
round up
enrol
win (over)
Opposites
fire
,
dismiss
,
sack (informal)
,
lay off
,
make redundant
,
give (someone) their P45 (British, informal)
,
give (someone) their pink slip (US, informal)
(noun)
Definition
a new member or supporter
A new recruit could well arrive later this week.
Synonyms
beginner
I am a complete beginner to bird-keeping.
trainee
apprentice
I started off as an apprentice and worked my way up.
novice
I'm a novice at these things. You're the professional.
convert
She was a recent convert to Roman Catholicism.
initiate
He was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.
rookie (informal)
helper
learner
a new aid for younger children or slow learners
neophyte (formal)
The book is a wonderfully stimulating read for both neophytes and wine buffs.
tyro
a tyro journalist
greenhorn (informal)
I'm a bit of a greenhorn in the kitchen.
proselyte
Additional synonyms
in the sense of apprentice
Definition
someone who works for a skilled person for a fixed period in order to learn his or her trade
I started off as an apprentice and worked my way up.
Synonyms
trainee,
student,
pupil,
novice,
beginner,
learner,
neophyte (formal),
tyro,
probationer
in the sense of convert
Definition
a person who has been converted to another belief or religion
She was a recent convert to Roman Catholicism.
Synonyms
neophyte (formal),
disciple,
proselyte,
catechumen
in the sense of engage
Definition
to employ (someone) to do something
We have been able to engage some staff.
Synonyms
employ,
commission,
appoint,
take on,
hire,
retain,
recruit,
enlist,
enrol,
put on the payroll
Synonyms of 'recruit'
recruit
Explore 'recruit' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of enrol
Definition
to become or cause to become a member
I thought I'd enrol you with an art group at the school.
Synonyms
recruit,
take on,
engage,
enlist
in the sense of greenhorn
Definition
an inexperienced person
I'm a bit of a greenhorn in the kitchen.
Synonyms
novice,
newcomer,
beginner,
apprentice,
naïf,
learner,
ingénue,
tyro,
raw recruit,
newbie (slang),
neophyte
in the sense of initiate
Definition
a person who has been initiated, esp. recently
He was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.
Synonyms
novice,
member,
pupil,
convert,
amateur,
newcomer,
beginner,
trainee,
apprentice,
entrant,
learner,
neophyte (formal),
tyro,
probationer,
novitiate,
newbie (slang),
proselyte
in the sense of learner
a new aid for younger children or slow learners
Synonyms
student,
pupil,
scholar,
novice,
beginner,
trainee,
apprentice,
disciple,
neophyte (formal),
tyro
in the sense of levy
Definition
to conscript troops for service
Synonyms
conscript,
call,
press,
raise,
summon,
call up,
muster,
mobilize
in the sense of mobilize
Definition
to prepare for war or another emergency by organizing resources and the armed services
The government has mobilized troops to help.
Synonyms
deploy,
prepare,
ready,
rally,
assemble,
call up,
marshal,
muster,
call to arms,
get or make ready
in the sense of muster
Definition
to call or be called together for duty or inspection
The general had mustered his troops north of the border.
Synonyms
rally,
group,
gather,
assemble,
round up,
marshal,
mobilize,
call together
in the sense of neophyte
Definition
a beginner
The book is a wonderfully stimulating read for both neophytes and wine buffs.
Synonyms
novice,
student,
pupil,
recruit,
amateur,
beginner,
trainee,
apprentice,
disciple,
learner,
tyro,
probationer,
novitiate,
proselyte,
catechumen
in the sense of novice
Definition
a beginner
I'm a novice at these things. You're the professional.
Synonyms
beginner,
pupil,
amateur,
newcomer,
trainee,
apprentice,
learner,
neophyte (formal),
tyro,
probationer,
newbie (slang),
proselyte
in the sense of obtain
Definition
to gain possession of
Evans was trying to obtain a false passport.
Synonyms
get,
gain,
acquire,
land (informal),
net,
pick up,
bag,
secure,
get hold of,
come by,
procure,
get your hands on,
score (slang),
come into possession of
Additional synonyms
in the sense of procure
Definition
to get or provide
It was difficult to procure food and other daily necessitites.
Synonyms
obtain,
get,
find,
buy,
win,
land (informal),
score (slang),
gain,
earn,
pick up,
purchase,
secure,
appropriate,
acquire,
manage to get,
get hold of,
come by,
lay hands on
in the sense of raise
Definition
to collect or gather together
Landed nobles provided courts of justice and raised troops.