What is another word for manipulate?
Synonyms for manipulate
məˈnɪp yəˌleɪtma·nip·u·late
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word manipulate.
Princeton's WordNet
manipulate, pull strings, pull wiresverb
influence or control shrewdly or deviously
"He manipulated public opinion in his favor"
Synonyms:
misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fakemanipulateverb
hold something in one's hands and move it
Synonyms:
misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fakefudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb
tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"
Synonyms:
warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, fake, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirtrig, manipulateverb
manipulate in a fraudulent manner
"rig prices"
Synonyms:
misrepresent, set, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, set up, control, fakemanipulate, keep in line, controlverb
control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
"She manipulates her boss"; "She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"
Synonyms:
assure, misrepresent, see, fudge, hold in, fake, pull strings, cook, control, moderate, hold, ensure, wangle, check, pull wires, keep in line, falsify, ascertain, operate, master, rig, see to it, command, insure, curb, verify, containmanipulateverb
treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
Synonyms:
misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake
Editors Contribution
beguile
beguile second meaning is cheating
Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
manipulateverb
Synonyms:
work or operate with the hands
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "manipulate":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#132 | make | |
#189 | set | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1292 | ready | |
#1314 | master | |
#1362 | command | |
#1372 | ensure | |
#2217 | manage | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2465 | handle | |
#2700 | contain | |
#3139 | cook | |
#3552 | prepare | |
#3943 | operate | |
#4626 | dodge | |
#4675 | verify | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#6069 | bull | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6185 | skirt | |
#7123 | duck | |
#7231 | assure | |
#7413 | alter | |
#9768 | forge | |
#10044 | insure | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#12551 | curb | |
#14311 | rig | |
#15115 | manipulate | |
#15716 | warp | |
#17688 | fudge | |
#18355 | bullshit | |
#19866 | ascertain | |
#21866 | parry | |
#25316 | counterfeit | |
#32665 | distort | |
#33891 | circumvent | |
#35107 | sidestep | |
#35306 | evade | |
#57345 | misrepresent | |
#64306 | elude | |
#64838 | falsify | |
#65281 | interpolate | |
#97537 | belie | |
#201767 | finagle | |
#203360 | garble | |
#308012 | wangle |
How to use manipulate in a sentence?
This seems an unprecedented abuse of The White House influence to manipulate the public into believing celebrities genuinely supported the president, hollywood is just an extension of Obama's press office.
It depends on whether the Russians think they can use it to do really good psychological profiles on the decision-making styles of commanders in order to be able manipulate and exploit that knowledge in battle.
When you exercise, you turn on the attention systems, so that means you're( paying) better attention, you're able to deal with more frustration, you're able to stay with it longer, you're able to manipulate information by turning... on the front part of our brain to make it work better, and that's really key and important in terms of taking in information as well as performing with it.
I don't know why on Earth a critic would come out of something saying it's emotional or they're trying to manipulate me to have emotion, what else are we doing ?
Texas Republicans have proven time after time that Texas Republicans don't want to risk fair elections. Texas Republicans know Texas Republicans are out of touch with the majority in the Lone Star State, and instead of adjusting Texas Republicans policies and politics for Texas Republicans constituents, Texas Republicans're trying to manipulate the structures of our democracy to artificially hold onto power, congress must do its part and pass the Freedom to Vote Act to put power back in the hands of the citizens of Texas and the American people -- where it belongs.
Translations for manipulate
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- يتحكمArabic
- manipularCatalan, Valencian
- manipulierenGerman
- manipularSpanish
- بامهارت انجام دادن ،اداره کردن ،دستکارى کردنPersian
- manipuloida, käsitellä, liikutella, liikuttaaFinnish
- manipulerFrench
- cuir car ann an, cuir tionndadh ann anScottish Gaelic
- हेरफेरHindi
- manipulálHungarian
- memanipulasi, memanipulirIndonesian
- manipolare, plagiareItalian
- manipuleren, beïnvloedenDutch
- manipulereNorwegian
- manipulowaćPolish
- manipularPortuguese
- manipulaRomanian
- управлять, воздействовать, влиять, манипулироватьRussian
- manipuleraSwedish
- கையாளTamil
- จัดการThai
- idareTurkish
- vận dụngVietnamese
- 操作Chinese
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