engineer

1. 1.

   design as an engineer

   “He engineered the water supply project”

   Broaderdesign
2. 2.

   plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

   “he masterminded the robbery”

   Synonymsmasterminddirectorganizeorganiseorchestrate

   Broaderplan

   Narrowerchoreograph

Other forms of engineer

plural

engineers·

past tense

engineered·

present participle

engineering·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about engineer

What does engineer mean?

engineer means "a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in engineer?

engineer has 3 syllables: en-gi-neer. The stress falls on "en". In IPA it is /ˈɛndʒəˈnɪɹ/.

What is another word for engineer?

Close synonyms include applied scientist, technologist, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is engineer a common word?

engineer is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with engineer?

11 words rhyme with engineer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.