Synonyms for enlist
ɛnˈlɪsten·list

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1. enlist

   Synonyms:
   enter, register, enroll, incorporate, embody

   Antonyms:
   withdraw, erase, expunge, dismiss, disband, disembody

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1. enlistverb

   join the military

   Synonyms:
   draft, engage, muster in

   Antonyms:
   muster out, discharge

2. engage, enlistverb

   hire for work or assistance

   "engage aid, help, services, or support"

   Synonyms:
   rent, prosecute, occupy, draft, engross, charter, mesh, operate, employ, absorb, engage, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, pursue, lease, muster in, plight

   Antonyms:
   discharge, muster out

3. enlist, draft, muster inverb

   engage somebody to enter the army

   Synonyms:
   draft, draught, engage, outline, blueprint, muster in

   Antonyms:
   muster out, discharge

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1. enlistverb

   Synonyms:
   enroll, register, record, list

2. enlistverb

   Synonyms:
   engage, induce to serve, secure the assistance of

3. enlistverb

   Synonyms:
   list, enroll one's self

4. enlistverb

   Synonyms:
   embark, engage, pledge one's assistance

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1. List of paraphrases for "enlist":

   mobilize, obtain, enrol

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How to use enlist in a sentence?

1. Yoo Sung-man:

   The band members who are in their 20s must enlist for compulsory military service in a few years.

2. Glen Caplin:

   Multiple Democratic party organizations, including our campaign and staff, have been the subject of attempted cyber attacks that experts say are Russian intelligence agencies, which enlist some of the most sophisticated hackers in the world.

3. Amnesty International:

   European leaders’ desperate attempts to enlist Turkey as Europe's gatekeeper are ignoring the manifest failures of the Turkish authorities to respect the rights of refugees and migrants.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   This latest behaviors around Ukraine, trying to enlist the President of Ukraine in a plot to undermine former Vice President Biden or lose the military aide he needs to defend against Trump's friend, Vladimir Putin -- if that's not an impeachable offense, I don't know what is.

5. Queen Victoria:

   The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of Woman's Rights with all its attendant horrors on which her poor, feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feeling and propriety.