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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
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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
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destroy disarrange disorder disorganize mismanage
STRONG
forget ignore leave alone neglect

Example Sentences

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Babylist’s revenue grew 45% to approximately $750 million in 2025, according to Chief Executive Officer Natalie Gordon, a former Amazon engineer who founded the company in 2011.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Rick Phillips, 53, senior software engineer: One night while I was sleeping, I heard a crash in the room.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Related customer-facing titles, such as technical consultant, solutions architect and sales engineer, have also spiked in popularity.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Starring as George Spencer was James Doohan, who later found fame as Scotty, chief engineer of the starship Enterprise, in the original Star Trek series.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Then I was caught up in the arms of a huge man wearing overalls and a train cap—the engineer who’d waved at me in Cold Sassy.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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