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employer

/ɪmˈplɔɪ.ɚ/noun3 syllables

Employer means: a person or firm that employs workers.

Synonyms for employer8

also used for employer

company, owner, proprietor, firm, business, establishment, organization, outfit

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Opposites of employer

employee

What does employer mean?1

noun

1

a person or firm that employs workers

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with employer?2

two syllables

foyer

three syllables

destroyer
Show 13 near rhymes
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Employer in a sentence

  • You saw your former employer at a conference, didn't you?Amastan
  • With their employer dead, the mercenaries soon turned into bandits.sabretou
  • Employers often value experience more than academics, such as a college major or grades.Hybrid
  • I know about your affair with your employer.Nuel
  • Tim's employer promised him pie-in-the-sky benefits.shekitten
  • The employer imposed a heavy task on them.unknown
  • Bankruptcy is to the employer what dismissal is to the employee.unknown
  • The employer was quite taken by her charm.unknown

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Forms of employer

as a noun

plural
employers