Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [659]
1hire noun 1 : payment for labor or personal services : WAGES
2 : the state of being hired : EMPLOYMENT
3 : one who is hired
Synonyms
employ, employment, engagement; also appointment, assignment, conscription, enlistment, recruitment; incumbency, tenure; occupation, place, position, post, situation, work
Antonyms
unemployment
2hire verb hired; hir·ing 1 : to employ for pay
2 : to engage the temporary use of for pay
3 : to take employment
Synonyms
[1] employ, engage, retain, take on—more at EMPLOY
[2] engage, lease, let, rent; also sublease, sublet; check out; arrange (for), bespeak, book, contract (for), order, reserve, sign up (for)
hire·ling noun : a hired person; especially : one with mercenary motives
Synonyms
employee, hand, jobholder, worker—more at EMPLOYEE
hir·sute adjective : covered with hair or hairlike material : HAIRY
Synonyms
fleecy, furry, hairy, rough, shaggy, unshorn, woolly—more at HAIRY
1his adjective : of or relating to him or himself
2his pronoun : one or the ones belonging to him
His·pan·ic adjective : of, relating to, or being a person of Latin-American descent living in the U.S.
— Hispanic noun
1hiss verb : to make a sharp sibilant sound; also : to express disapproval of by hissing
2hiss noun 1 : a prolonged sibilant sound
2 : a hiss used to express disapproval
Synonyms
[1] fizz, sizzle, swish, whish, whiz; also wheeze, whistle, zip; sibilant
[2] boo, catcall, hoot, jeer, raspberry, snort—more at CATCALL
hissy fit noun : TANTRUM
hist abbreviation historian; historical; history
his·ta·mine noun : a compound widespread in animal tissues that plays a major role in allergic reactions (as hay fever)
his·to·gram noun : a representation of statistical data by rectangles whose widths represent class intervals and whose heights usu. represent corresponding frequencies
his·tol·og·y noun, plural -gies 1 : a branch of anatomy dealing with tissue structure
2 : tissue structure or organization
— his·to·log·i·cal or his·to·log·ic adjective
— his·tol·o·gist noun
his·to·ri·an noun : a student or writer of history
his·tor·i·cal adjective 1 : of, relating to, or having the character of history
2 : based on history
— his·tor·i·cal·ly adverb
Synonyms
documentary, factual, hard, literal, matter-of-fact, nonfictional, objective, true—more at FACTUAL
his·to·ric·i·ty noun : historical actuality
his·to·ri·og·ra·pher noun : HISTORIAN
his·to·ry noun, plural -ries [ORIGIN: ultim. fr. L historia, fr. Gk, inquiry, history, fr. histōr, istōr knowing, learned]
1 : a chronological record of significant events often with an explanation of their causes
2 : a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events
3 : events that form the subject matter of history