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engineer

[en-juh-neer] / ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər /
NOUN
person who puts together things
Synonyms
STRONGEST
architect builder designer director inventor manager planner surveyor
STRONG
contriver deviser manipulator originator schemer sights techie
WEAK
technie
VERB
devise; bring about
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrange come up with conceive concoct create direct manage manipulate negotiate organize set up supervise
STRONG
angle cause con contrive control cook doctor effect encompass finagle jockey machinate maneuver operate originate plan plant plot rig scam scheme superintend swing upstage wangle work
WEAK
play games pull strings pull wires put one on put one over put over put through
Antonyms
STRONGEST
destroy disarrange disorder disorganize mismanage
STRONG
forget ignore leave alone neglect

Example Sentences

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“Working as an architect and engineer in Los Angeles, I’ve often seen trees taken down and wondered why that wood was not utilized as lumber,” Peck says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Related customer-facing titles, such as technical consultant, solutions architect and sales engineer, have also spiked in popularity.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Grace teams up with Rocky, a brilliant alien engineer who looks like a cross between a spider and a rock, and is the size of a Labrador.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Starring as George Spencer was James Doohan, who later found fame as Scotty, chief engineer of the starship Enterprise, in the original Star Trek series.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“Keep going,” said Akimi, who apparently understood engineer mumbo jumbo.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein