employed synonyms

employed

modif.

working, occupied, busy, 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, engaged, placed, commissioned, on duty, on the payroll, in harness*, on the grind*, plugging*.

Antonyms out of work, unemployed, jobless.

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