OPERATOR Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

operator

noun

Definition of operator

as in chauffeur

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nondriver

as in actor

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Recent Examples of operator Last September, the MPA and global port terminal operator DP World entered an agreement to expand port facilities at the Contrecoeur Terminal, about 40 kilometers downriver from Montreal. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026 Ryder’s Law was reintroduced this year after another carriage horse collapsed and died in Central Park, and in a separate incident, tourist Romanch Mahajan, 18, died after falling off a carriage after the operator lost control. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026 Its defining feature is a flight system designed to manage the transition from takeoff to cruise after an operator authorizes launch. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026 This may involve rejecting a command, removing write access, isolating the AI, transferring control back to the operator or moving equipment into a safe state. — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for operator

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Noun

For example, in a small car service company, the founder and a few chauffeurs remember who prefers a quiet ride, a certain route or the car arriving early.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 15 Oct. 2026
How will humans respond to robots becoming their chauffeurs and fellow-drivers?

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of chauffeur

Noun

Disney actor Erik von Detten is being sued for allegedly scamming an elderly couple in a bizarre precious-metals scheme.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Lipski was born in Germany, but moved to her family on the Spanish island as a young girl, later heading to Los Angeles to pursue a career as an actor.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of actor

Noun

Deputy Public Works Director Jared Deck said county staff and outside consultants reviewed Biochar Now’s financial records, sales receipts and ongoing sales agreements to assess the company’s ability to operate the facility.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
If Republicans lose big next month, there’ll be a brawl to assign blame — which consultants blew it, which ads wasted money, which issues didn’t work.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of consultant

Noun

Uber's practice of lifting fares when demand outstrips the supply of available drivers, such as during rush hour, is a type of dynamic pricing known as surge pricing.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
The pickup’s driver, a 34-year-old woman from Garden City, Kansas, was taken into custody but was later released after police consulted with the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office.

— Maggie Vespa, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of driver

Noun

Thompson’s mother, a schoolteacher, and his father, an auto mechanic, had never been able to register and vote.

— Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
That's when the shooter turned around and opened fire on the mechanic's truck, before heading toward the school.

— Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of mechanic

Noun

Civil rights organizations have found that police have used minor non-moving violations such as window tinting to disproportionately search Black and brown motorists for warrants, weapons and drugs.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Gates resigned in 1992 amid a groundswell of criticism over police abuse and his slow response to the riots that broke out in April of that year after four police officers were acquitted on charges of severely beating King, a Black motorist.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of motorist

Noun

The actors are perfectly cast, starting with Marmaï’s likable Antoine, the only player here not being the deceiver.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 May 2026
The film tells the true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Jan. 2026

Definition of deceiver

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