Synonyms of furloughs

furloughs 1 of 2

noun

plural of furlough

as in dismissals

the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily

the landscaping company usually has to put most of its personnel on furlough during the extremely slow winter months

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dismissals
• firings
• layoffs
• redundancies
• axes
• discharges
• closings
• shutdowns
• sacks
• boots
• pink slips
• birds
• shakeouts
• bum's rushes
• heave-hos
• shake-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rehires
• callbacks
• recalls
• reemployments
• re-employments

furloughs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of furlough

1

as in excesses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excesses
• lays off
• downsizes
• axes
• retires
• trims
• pink-slips
• sacks
• cans
• discharges
• turns off
• cashiers
• boots (out)
• removes
• dismisses
• fires
• kicks out
• releases
• terminates
• drums (out)
• bounces
• musters out
• chucks (out)
• throws out
• unseats
• separates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hires
• employs
• retains
• takes on
• signs (up or on)
• engages
• keeps
• contracts
• rehires
• recruits
• reemploys
• subcontracts

2

as in truants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• truants
• goldbricks
• malingers
• loafs
• bums
• drones
• dillydallies
• hangs (around or out)
• kicks back
• hacks (around)
• messes
• hangs about
• goofs (off)
• monkeys
• lounges
• lazies
• fools
• potters (around)
• estivates
• putters (around)
• footles
• dawdles
• aestivates
• idles
• trifles
• fiddles (around)
• lazes
• dallies
• lolls
• hibernates
• chills
• lags
• kicks around
• piddles
• lingers
• veges out
• mucks
• strolls
• vegges out
• loiters
• tarries
• dozes
• plays
• rests
• relaxes
• pokes
• feigns
• swans
• ambles
• moseys
• saunters
• deceives
• fakes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• labors
• plows
• toils
• works
• grinds
• sweats
• plugs
• pegs
• hustles
• grubs
• humps
• plods
• travails
• applies
• buckles (down)
• drudges
• moils
• exerts
• puts out