Synonyms for pull strings
- affect
- alter
- arouse
- bias
- change
- determine
- guide
- impress
- manipulate
- persuade
- prejudice
- prompt
- regulate
- shape
- sway
- brainwash
- bribe
- channel
- compel
- control
- count
- direct
- dispose
- form
- impel
- incite
- incline
- induce
- instigate
- modify
- mold
- move
- predispose
- prevail
- rouse
- rule
- seduce
- sell
- snow
- train
- turn
- urge
- act upon
- argue into
- be recognized
- bring to bear
- carry weight
- get at
- have a part in
- impact on
- talk into
- work upon
MOST RELEVANT
Antonyms for pull strings
- be fair
- be just
- continue
- keep
- leave alone
- neglect
- prevent
- remain
- stay
- stop
- delay
- deter
- discourage
- disenchant
- dissuade
- halt
- hinder
- mismanage
MOST RELEVANT
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR PULL STRINGS
After some anxious thought he decided that it was his duty to try to pull strings.
It's the only way; you're too drunk to pull strings with that pardner o' yours, and we're goin' to stand by you, see?
They hop with the most confident air, and day after day pull strings out of the ground.
And the first thing to do was to assume direction of the police, to pull strings, to engineer matters.
She was still able to pull strings, and to make her influence felt in various directions.
I want to pull strings, even for somebody else, or be Princetonian chairman or Triangle president.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR PULL STRINGS
engineer
verbdevise; bring about- angle
- arrange
- cause
- come up with
- con
- conceive
- concoct
- contrive
- control
- cook
- create
- direct
- doctor
- effect
- encompass
- finagle
- jockey
- machinate
- manage
- maneuver
- manipulate
- negotiate
- operate
- organize
- originate
- plan
- plant
- play games
- plot
- pull strings
- pull wires
- put one on
- put one over
- put over
- put through
- rig
- scam
- scheme
- set up
- superintend
- supervise
- swing
- upstage
- wangle
- work
engineered
verbdevise; bring about- angle
- arrange
- cause
- come up with
- con
- conceive
- concoct
- contrive
- control
- cook
- create
- direct
- doctor
- effect
- encompass
- finagle
- jockey
- machinate
- manage
- maneuver
- manipulate
- negotiate
- operate
- organize
- originate
- plan
- plant
- play games
- plot
- pull strings
- pull wires
- put one on
- put one over
- put over
- put through
- rig
- scam
- scheme
- set up
- superintend
- supervise
- swing
- upstage
- wangle
- work
favoring
verbpamper, reward; helpfinesse
verbmaneuver, manipulateRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.