Synonyms of the word enlist


ENLISTDRAFT - ENGAGE - ENROL - ENROLL - ENTER - INSCRIBE - PROCURE - RECRUIT - SECURE

enlist

  • v. (transitive) To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.
  • v. (intransitive) To join a cause or organization, especially military service.
  • v. (transitive) To recruit the aid or membership of others.
  • v. To secure, to obtain.

draft

  • n. (possibly archaic) The action or an act (especially of a beast of burden or vehicle) of pulling something…
  • n. (possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
  • n. (possibly archaic) That which is drawn in; a catch, a haul.
  • n. An early version of a written work (such as a book or e-mail) or drawing; a preliminary sketch or outline.
  • n. (nautical) Depth of water needed to float a ship; depth below the water line to the bottom of a vessel's…
  • n. A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle.
  • n. Draw through a flue of gasses (smoke) resulting from a combustion process.
  • n. An amount of liquid (such as water, alcohol, or medicine) that is drunk in one swallow.
  • n. Beer drawn from a cask or keg rather than a bottle or can.
  • n. A cheque, an order for money to be paid.
  • n. Conscription, the system of forcing people to serve in the military.
  • n. (politics) A system of forcing or convincing people to take an elected position.
  • n. (sports) A system of assigning rookie players to professional sports teams.
  • n. (rail transport) The pulling force (tension) on couplers and draft gear during a slack stretched condition.
  • n. The bevel given to the pattern for a casting, so that it can be drawn from the sand without damaging the…
  • v. (transitive) To write a first version, make a preliminary sketch.
  • v. To draw in outline; to make a draught, sketch, or plan of, as in architectural and mechanical drawing.
  • v. To write a law.
  • v. (transitive) To conscript a person, force a person to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.
  • v. To select and separate an animal or animals from a group.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To select a rookie player onto a professional sports team.
  • v. (intransitive) To follow very closely behind another vehicle, thereby providing an aerodynamic advantage…
  • v. To draw out; to call forth. See draft.
  • v. To draw fibers out of a clump, for spinning in the production of yarn.
  • adj. (not comparable) Referring to drinks on tap, in contrast to bottled.

engage

  • v. (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
  • v. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
  • v. (heading) To interact contractually.
  • v. (heading) To interact mechanically.
  • v. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

enrol

  • v. (Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland) Standard spelling of enroll.

enroll

  • v. (transitive) To enter (a name, etc.) in a register, roll or list.
  • v. (transitive) To enlist (someone) or make (someone) a member of.
  • v. (intransitive) To enlist oneself (in something) or become a member (of something).
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To envelop; to enwrap.

enter

  • v. (intransitive) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
  • v. (figuratively) To go or come into (a state or profession).
  • v. (transitive) To type (something) into a computer; to input.
  • v. (transitive) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
  • v. (intransitive, law) To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
  • v. (law, intransitive) To become effective; to come into effect.
  • v. (law) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
  • v. (transitive, law) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in…
  • v. to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods),…
  • v. (transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars…
  • v. to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
  • n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“the computer key”).
  • n. (computing) Alternative spelling of Enter (“a stroke of the computer key”).

inscribe

  • v. (transitive) To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.
  • v. (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

procure

  • v. (transitive) To acquire or obtain.
  • v. (transitive) To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.
  • v. (transitive, criminal law) To induce or persuade someone to do something.
  • v. (obsolete) To contrive; to bring about; to effect; to cause.
  • v. (obsolete) To solicit; to entreat.
  • v. (obsolete) To cause to come; to bring; to attract.

recruit

  • n. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  • n. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  • n. A hired worker.
  • n. (biology, ecology) A new member of a certain population, usually referring to a juvenile.
  • v. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports…
  • v. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster.
  • v. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy lack or deficiency in.
  • v. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
  • v. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.

secure

  • adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
  • adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
  • adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
  • adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
  • adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
  • adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
  • adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
  • v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
  • v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
  • v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
  • v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

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