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
• institutors
• hatchers
• finaglers
• maneuverers
• machinators

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 signature blue and black team hues, the apparel range will embody speed, precision and style whilst also meeting the physical and athletic demands for the drivers, engineers and pit crew. —Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025

Opportunities To Hire Big Tech Veterans A historic reshuffling of the tech labor market has created a generational window where startups can recruit engineers, designers and product leaders who previously wouldn’t have considered anything but Big Tech. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Scientists, engineers, and the aviation industry are working to understand whether turbulence is worsening, what role climate change may play, and how new technologies can help pilots navigate through it safely. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025

In addition, the Briton has been having meetings with the bosses at Ferrari and his engineers to structure the team for more efficiency. —Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025

Investigators say the cause of Ship 35's issues could be traced to a failure in a gas diffuser used to pressurize the main fuel tank, which engineers were able to replicate at SpaceX's test site in McGregor, Texas. —Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025

Where the mountains rise so dramatically from the ocean that engineers were forced to reroute the highway inland. —Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 18 Aug. 2025

The production is being developed by a team of over 50 engineers from Galleri5, the tech arm of Collective Artists Network, working alongside cultural scholars and literary experts to ensure narrative authenticity. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025

Verb

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

Holger Reisinger, Senior Vice President at Jabra—a global brand that engineers technology that makes life look and sound better. —Holger Reisinger, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025