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engineer

[en-juh-neer] / ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪər /
NOUN
person who puts together things
Synonyms
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architect builder designer director inventor manager planner surveyor
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contriver deviser manipulator originator schemer sights techie
WEAK
technie
VERB
devise; bring about
Synonyms
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arrange come up with conceive concoct create direct manage manipulate negotiate organize set up supervise
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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
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play games pull strings pull wires put one on put one over put over put through
Antonyms
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destroy disarrange disorder disorganize mismanage
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forget ignore leave alone neglect

Example Sentences

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Nikolai Solovyov was working as a lead engineer in the turbine hall at the time.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

If the Fed can engineer less demand for reserves, it would likely stick to the program of simply shrinking its assets by letting them mature, Cabana at BofA said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

I spoke about this with Eric Long of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the engineer of the building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The band chose Beatles producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick for its next album.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

Was he not an engineer with a diploma from Shanghai to prove it?

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

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