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Synonyms of engineer in English:

engineer


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noun

1‘the structural engineer's drawings’

SYNONYMS
designer, planner, builder, architect, producer, fabricator, developer, creator
inventor, originator, deviser, contriver, mastermind

2‘the ship's engineer rarely came up to the bridge’

SYNONYMS
engineering officer, controller, handler, driver
operator, mechanic, machinist, technician, fitter
artificer
informal mech

verb

1‘he engineered the overthrow of the Conservative majority’

SYNONYMS
bring about, cause, arrange, pull off, bring off, fix, set up, plot, scheme, contrive, plan, put together, devise, manoeuvre, manipulate, negotiate, organize, orchestrate, choreograph, mobilize, mount, stage, put on, mastermind, originate, manage, stage-manage, coordinate, control, superintend, direct, conduct, handle, concoct
informal wangle
rare concert