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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‘I’m not made of money’: My heating engineer didn’t fix my radiators on his first visit.

From MarketWatch

A vapour barrier is placed on top of the insulation, before engineers lay mats containing glycol on top to keep the ice cold.

From BBC

But engineers want water in their pipes, not fish.

From BBC

“I don’t know that Italians are known for their engineering,” Johnson said in the home nation of Ferrari, Fiat and Enrico Fermi.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Los Angeles native, Grimes studied engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, where he met his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal

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