OPERATOR Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

operator

noun

Definition of operator

as in chauffeur

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nondriver

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Recent Examples of operator 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 So the operator uses Lift and Learn digital technology to educate on product and help create a seamless consumer journey. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 The Wikimedia Foundation, operator of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, is the latest organization to claim its sites were impacted by rogue OpenAI agents. — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 Google signed the 20-year deal with Constellation, the leading nuclear power plant operator in the US. — Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 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

The actor and his wife, singer Dua Lipa, are frequently spotted walking their actual dog, a Labrador-Rottweiler named Golo.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
The former child actor’s cause of death was confirmed as suicide to various outlets by his rep, and the news left his fans and former co-stars in shock.

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of actor

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Mandell’s wife, Elizabeth Heller Mandell, a gallery owner, nonprofit consultant and arts patron from a prominent California family, predeceased him, leaving him in a position to extend her philanthropic work.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
James Reeve, a Saudi macro consultant who formerly worked as a senior director for the Saudi Public Investment Fund, told me that foreign investments already made in Saudi are unlikely to be reversed in the near term.

— Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 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

Those paychecks move through communities, supporting the carry-out, the mechanic and the small businesses people rely on every day.

— Mary D. Kane, Baltimore Sun, 13 Oct. 2026
Rambaldi was born in the village of Vigarano Mainarda, outside the city of Ferrara, in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna, the son of a bicycle mechanic.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of mechanic

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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

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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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