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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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“The magnitude of uncertainty is unparalleled,” said Magna Chief Executive Swamy Kotagiri, who joined the company as an engineer in 1999 and has run it since 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Wright was previously a systems engineer at Bendix Aerospace, and at Nasa was responsible for the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"I hope one day that it could be enough," said Kumar, who works as an engineer at a New York tech startup.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“That cannot be right,” Livingston Holder, a former manned spaceflight engineer with the Air Force and space shuttle payload specialist, recalled thinking when he first heard that fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Nuclear engineer Atsufumi Yoshizawa had been working from a disaster-response station about 3 miles from the plant.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.