operators

NOUN

one who operates a machine

Synonyms

STRONGEST

driver engineer

STRONG

operative

WEAK

operant

NOUN

one who operates workable property

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administrator executive supervisor

STRONG

director

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employee worker

NOUN

manipulator

Synonyms

STRONGEST

speculator

STRONG

fraud hustler scoundrel

NOUN

controller

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agent broker dealer driver manager

STRONG

conductor

Example Sentences

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The foreign operators of some of Cuba’s best known hotels are leaving.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

He also rewrote contracts so Welltower participated more directly in the gains when its operators filled more apartments and increased rents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

The agency warns that unauthorised operators may face "stiff fines and criminal charges, including possible jail time".

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

The changes also help to assuage potential anxiety operators might have felt about disregarding state and local laws and the lawsuits that result from that disregard for the law.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026

In the control room for reactors 3 and 4, operators couldn’t check the backup systems until the quake had passed.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland