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

Military commanders, engineers, physicians, merchants, and administrators from conquered peoples could enter imperial service, demonstrating a level of social mobility uncommon in contemporary states. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026

StemRad engineers, though, figured dressing as a medieval knight doesn’t really get you all that much. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026

Gates and her Phia cofounder Sophia Kianni were warned by the startup’s engineers that using the company’s browser extension to drop cookies on unsuspecting users to take a cut from sales was in violation of Google’s Chrome Extension policy. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 13 Aug. 2026

Robert Rodriguez, Ted Mebane and Hannah Gluvna were the audio engineers. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026

The startup was founded in 2023 by three Israeli engineers, brothers Dean and Orian Leitersdorf and Moshe Shalev. — Lynn Doan, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026

The first phase took place in the fall of 2023 in Santa Monica, where traffic engineers found a significant reduction in vehicle use. — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

To avoid losing valuable insights from Voyager 2’s unique position in space, engineers sent commands to the spacecraft to perform a simultaneous swap. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026

On schist foundations, cautious engineers knew to build in safety features like a series of cut-off trenches and drainage pipes — a step Mulholland had neglected. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 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