Synonyms of engineers

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noun

plural of engineer

as in architects

a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking

the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• architects
• masterminds
• leaders
• designers
• makers
• organizers
• builders
• developers
• managers
• originators
• producers
• pioneers
• commanders
• directors
• inaugurators
• handlers
• formulators
• planners
• quarterbacks
• generators
• initiators
• schemers
• plotters
• captains
• spawners
• contrivers
• arrangers
• instituters
• inspirers
• hatchers
• finaglers
• machinators
• maneuverers

engineers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of engineer

as in negotiates

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negotiates
• plots
• maneuvers
• manipulates
• arranges
• masterminds
• manages
• finesses
• contrives
• concludes
• frames
• machinates
• wangles
• schemes
• finagles
• concerts
• works out
• captains
• angles (for)
• intrigues
• hatches
• hammers out
• compasses
• conducts
• cooks (up)
• directs
• commands
• brews
• concocts
• handles
• connives
• quarterbacks
• runs
• gerrymanders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• butchers
• blows
• fumbles
• messes (up)
• bungles
• flubs
• mangles
• gums (up)
• botches
• bobbles
• mishandles
• muffs
• louses up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of engineers

Noun

In the mid-1980s, before the advent of computerized boards, a handful of engineers alongside the performers would hover over the soundboard, fingers ready to mute or turn on tracks on the count of three. — Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026

Founded by aerospace and mechanical engineers Dissanayake and Reza Fetanat, Spaceium joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2026

In 2024, Nvidia’s thermal engineers reportedly saw two-phase direct-to-chip cooling as the preferred route for next-generation accelerators. — Ahmed Ismail, Forbes.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Protecting trade secrets The growing competition is putting greater focus on how semiconductor companies protect the knowledge accumulated by engineers working on complex manufacturing processes. — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Until now, though, Sony's take on the tech has mostly lived on the desks of designers, engineers, and medical professionals, with price tags to match. — New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2026

The CMAs will honor artists, songwriters, producers, mix engineers, musicians and music video directors across country music. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2026

His Russian counterpart, Yana Lantratova, confirmed the truce was holding and that Russian engineers are working on demining Oleshky's roads. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

Verb

When Gilla Band hit the road, their front-of-house guy drives, Fox also engineers, Kiely sells merch, and Faulkner runs tech. — Laura Snapes, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Our enterprising Gravedigger, a true woman of science, engineers a lizard elixir and regenerates the finger into a long tentacle that eventually demands a body. — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Setup is seamless thanks to AI Sonic Auto Room Calibration, which engineers the audio to your specific space. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 19 Mar. 2026

Tender’s assets Tender CEO Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella) engineers the downfall of co-founder Jonah Atterbury (Kal Penn) and eventually leaves Henry holding the bag for the company’s fraud. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026

The official alleged that the paper engineers a finding by excluding evidence and designing a study with a bias toward showing no association. — Aria Bendix, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026

Big Tech now engineers a perpetual state of insecurity by creating relentless technological churn, rendering our skills and safety measures obsolete, only to then sell us the tools to catch up. — Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

The study, conducted over several years, uses an approach that engineers artificial proteins (referred to as ion channels) in the brain that are activated by and bound to cocaine. — Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025

The Colts are stuck in QB purgatory unless Anthony Richardson engineers a massive turnaround. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2025