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Synonyms for engineer
ˌɛn dʒəˈnɪəren·gi·neer

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  1. engineer, applied scientist, technologistnoun

    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

    Synonyms:
    railroad engineer, technologist, applied scientist, engine driver, locomotive engineer

  2. engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driververb

    the operator of a railway locomotive

    Synonyms:
    railroad engineer, technologist, applied scientist, engine driver, locomotive engineer

  3. engineerverb

    design as an engineer

    "He engineered the water supply project"

    Synonyms:
    organise, orchestrate, organize, direct, mastermind

  4. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrateverb

    plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

    "he masterminded the robbery"

    Synonyms:
    coordinate, place, prepare, head, target, lead, get up, organize, take, unionize, point, aim, channelise, form, take aim, train, steer, manoeuver, address, manoeuvre, direct, channelize, organise, calculate, unionise, conduct, send, orchestrate, maneuver, mastermind, guide, machinate, devise

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How to use engineer in a sentence?

  1. Markus Gross:

    Progress in rapid manufacturing technology is making it easier and easier to build customized robots, but designing a functioning robot remains a difficult challenge that requires an experienced engineer, our new design system can bridge this gap and should be of great interest to technology enthusiasts and the maker community at large.

  2. Lilambar Lalit:

    Hum Woh Engineer Nahi...

  3. Jim Hentschel:

    We were able to automate how that engineer thinks, and basically do all that in an automated fashion significantly quicker, and with significantly fewer errors than if the engineers had to do it all themselves.

  4. May Sarton:

    A man with a talent does what is expected of him, makes his way, constructs, is an engineer, a composer, a builder of bridges. It's the natural order of things that he construct objects outside himself and his family. The woman who does so is aberrant. We have to expiate for this cursed talent someone handed out to us, by mistake, in the black mystery of genetics.

  5. David Marsteller:

    They have to send out an engineer, someone to analyze and then they have to do forensics… where we just get it done, we're free to do it and this is something that can easily be done.


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