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Definitions for Recruit

[1] a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces.
[2] a new member of a group, organization, or the like.
[3] a fresh supply of something.
[4] to enlist (a person) for service in one of the armed forces.
[5] to raise (a force) by enlistment.
[6] to strengthen or supply (an armed force) with new members.
[7] to furnish or replenish with a fresh supply; renew.
[8] to renew or restore (the health, strength, etc.).
[9] to attempt to acquire the services of (a person) for an employer: She recruits executives for all the top companies.
[10] to attempt to enroll or enlist (a member, affiliate, student, or the like): a campaign to recruit new club members.
[11] to seek to enroll (an athlete) at a school or college, often with an offer of an athletic scholarship.
[12] to enlist persons for service in one of the armed forces.
[13] to engage in finding and attracting employees, new members, students, athletes, etc.
[14] to recover health, strength, etc.
[15] to gain new supplies of anything lost or wasted.
[16] to enlist (men) for military service to raise or strengthen (an army, navy, etc) by enlistment
[17] (tr) to enrol or obtain (members, support, etc)
[18] to furnish or be furnished with a fresh supply; renew
[19] archaic to recover (health, strength, spirits, etc)
[20] a newly joined member of a military service
[21] any new member or supporter

Words related to Recruit

rookie, soldier, sailor, newcomer, trainee, volunteer, draftee, enroll, engage, raise, enlist, draft, mobilize, improve, select, convert, tenderfoot, helper, beginner, proselyte

Words nearby Recruit

recrimination, recross, recrudesce, recrudescence, recrudescent typhus, recruit, recruitment, recrystallize, rect, rect-, rect.

Origin of Recruit

1635–45; < French, stem of recruter, derivative of recrue new growth, noun use of feminine past participle of recroître (re- re- + croître < Latin crēscere to grow; cf. crescent)

Other words from Recruit

re·cruit·a·ble , adjective
re·cruit·er , noun
un·re·cruit·a·ble , adjective
un·re·cruit·ed , adjective

Word origin for Recruit

C17: from French recrute literally: new growth, from recroître to grow again, from Latin recrēscere from re- + crēscere to grow

Synonyms for Recruit

draftee, newcomer, rookie, sailor, soldier, trainee, volunteer, GI, apprentice, beginner, convert, fledgling, greenhorn, helper, initiate, learner, neophyte, novice, novitiate, plebe, proselyte, tenderfoot, enlisted person, new person, selectee, serviceperson