operators

noun

plural of operator
1
as in chauffeurs

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2
as in actors

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as in mechanics

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Recent Examples of operators TourScoop coversguided group tours and tour operators,tour operator reviews,tour itinerary reviews andtravel gear recommendations. — Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for operators
  1. chauffeurs
  2. actors
  3. consultants
  4. drivers
  5. tricksters
  6. experts
  7. motorists
  8. artists
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 chauffeurs
Noun
  • Rather than using background actors, the film features real Puerto Rican residents, including a local activist and singer.
    — Johanna Ferreira, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Buckley’s co-star, Lyndsy Fonseca, and producer Andrew Gernhard also noted that the crew takes care of the actors.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of actors
Noun
  • The panel of outside experts that met in July was selected by Kennedy's health department and included several doctors, pharmacists and consultants who work in the peptide field.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • If California couldn't enforce basic travel and staffing requirements, who was overseeing the rest of the quarter-billion dollars paid to these consultants?
    — Tyler Horst, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of consultants
Noun
  • Standing up for carriage drivers cannot mean chaining their futures to a dying trade that risks lives every time a horse panics in traffic.
    — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • As often happens, weather played its part, suppressing the crowd size and making life complicated for the teams and drivers on track.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of drivers
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  • Today, all too many of us risk becoming the prey of political tricksters and knaves.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Keep your heart open, but be mindful of tricksters and projection.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
Definition of tricksters
Noun
  • The long road to 2028 While the spectacle was undeniable, aviation experts remain skeptical that the vehicle can serve as both a practical road car and a true aircraft.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To offset higher food prices, experts recommend preparing earlier and shopping for essentials, like shelf-stable ingredients, that go on sale ahead of time.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of experts
Noun
  • By putting their eye-catching building on a spot along Route 66 and next to the path of the freeway, Fresco said, the people behind the Penguin were catering to motorists on roads rooted in two different eras.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • MoDOT said that the closure would be necessary to ensure safety of pedestrians and motorists.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of motorists
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  • Performers weren’t spared either, with several forced to perform in the rain without covering for both artists and their equipment.
    — Isabel Rivera, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The show sought to expand norms of representation—a project whose sincerity all but courts the cringeworthy—with artists hell-bent on deconstructing the drive for beauty, including Orlan, Sara Cwynar, Juno Calypso, and Haley Morris-Cafiero.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of artists

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“Operators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/operators. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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