SHAPER Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

shaper

noun

Definition of shaper

as in consultant

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Recent Examples of shaper Paniccia got her first surfboard – saving $114 in babysitting money – from Huntington Beach shaper Bob ‘the Greek’ Bolen. — Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 30 July 2026 Instead of having to layer a bodysuit, tummy-control underwear, or waist shaper underneath, these garments sew shaping and support right in for a simpler, sleeker silhouette. — Malia Griggs, Glamour, 6 July 2026 As Kingpins noted ahead of the show, China has expanded from solely a manufacturing powerhouse into a culture and consumer behavior shaper. — Sj Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 27 May 2026 Surf legend Mike Diffenderfer, a renowned surfboard shaper who is now in the San Diego Surfing Hall of Fame, was among attendees at the exhibit’s grand opening. — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Noem, who’d been willing to do virtually anything in the role to boost her standing, was a product of the White House agenda, never a shaper of it. — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026 In digital technology policy, too, Turkey can make the leap from passive consumer to norm-shaper. — Ekrem Imamoglu, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025 Instead, by moving first, African central banks and regulators could shape rules that reflect local realities, while signaling that Africa is not a passive taker of global digital finance standards but an active shaper. — Gwera Kiwana, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2025 The Huntington Beach resident, who is the son of Duke Aipa and grandson of legendary Hawaiian shaper Ben Aipa, was critically injured after being towed on his electric bike in California on the Saturday before his death. — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Gavin Wilkinson, the former president of the Portland Timbers and Thorns, is now a consultant with the Quakes.

— Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Scopolamine was first used by criminals in Colombia in the 1970s, according to toxicologist Camilo Uribe, formerly a consultant to the country’s anti-narcotics police.

— Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of consultant

Noun

The warehouse operator sought a City of Los Angeles permit to rebuild, but Bass ordered a pause on that in July.

— Julie Sharp, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
After spending its first four decades as DC’s preeminent financial operator, Carlyle turned its eyes elsewhere — to New York, to Europe and Asia, really anywhere other than the US capital.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of operator

Noun

Martinez said Camera had been biking back and forth to his job as a mechanic for more than a decade.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026
Simpson, running for his second and final term in office, was outpacing his opponent, a mechanic legally named Matt The Welder, by 40 points.

— Liv Caputo, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of mechanic

Noun

The Cohen Building originally housed the Social Security Administration, an important piece of the New Deal legacy, and contains frescoes painted in the 1940s by famed artist Seymour Fogel on the entrance lobby walls, Okin said.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
And artists deserve a fair pay percentage for work that assists their employers in making profits.

— Pat Saperstein, Variety, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of artist

Noun

The Wildberries attacks have played into the hands of Russian hawks who urge escalating the war, said pro-Kremlin political expert Sergei Markov.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of expert

Noun

Furthering the family connection to the Dutch master, van Uylenburgh’s niece, Saskia van Uylenburgh, went on to marry Rembrandt in 1634.

— News Desk, Artforum, 19 Aug. 2026
Farnsworth holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications management from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of North Florida.

— Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of master

Noun

Lewis, a housing scholar at Sacred Heart University, said the project grew from her interest in housing inequality in Bridgeport and her desire to conduct research differently.

— Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2026
Some scholars report average increases of more than 50 percent, while others suggest that certain households saw their water bills double or even triple.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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