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Engineer
| Engineer Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Engineer?
[n] a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
[n] the operator of a railway locomotive
[v] plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
[v] design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Engineer: applied scientist |
direct |
engine driver |
locomotive engineer |
mastermind |
orchestrate |
organise |
organize |
railroad engineer |
technologist
Related Terms | Find terms related to Engineer: accomplish |
achieve |
act |
aeronautical engineer |
agent |
agricultural engineer |
ancestors |
angle |
apprentice |
architect |
arrange |
artificer |
artist |
author |
automotive engineer |
be productive |
be responsible for |
begetter |
beginner |
brew |
bring about |
bring into being |
bring to fruition |
build |
builder |
cabal |
call the signals |
captain |
carry on |
cause |
ceramic engineer |
chemical engineer |
civil engineer |
clear |
clear the hurdle |
collude |
combat engineer |
come along |
come on |
command |
communications engineer |
complot |
conceiver |
concoct |
conduct |
conductor |
connive |
conspire |
construct |
constructor |
contrive |
contriver |
control |
cook up |
countermine |
counterplot |
craftsman |
creator |
cut the mustard |
designer |
develop |
devise |
deviser |
direct |
discoverer |
do |
driver |
effector |
effectuate |
electrical engineer |
electronics engineer |
engenderer |
engine driver |
engineman |
execute |
executor |
executrix |
father |
finagle |
finesse |
founder |
frame |
frame up |
fuel engineer |
functionary |
generator |
geological engineer |
gerrymander |
get along |
get by |
get on |
go on |
govern |
gripman |
grower |
hack it |
handle |
handler |
hatch |
hatch a plot |
hatch up |
head |
head up |
highway engineer |
hogger |
hoghead |
hydraulic engineer |
inaugurator |
industrial engineer |
industrialist |
industrialize |
initiator |
instigator |
institutor |
intrigue |
introducer |
invent |
inventor |
jockey |
journeyman |
lay a plot |
lead |
lead on |
machinate |
make |
make it |
make out |
make the grade |
make the rules |
maker |
manage |
manage somehow |
maneuver |
manipulate |
manipulator |
manufacturer |
marine engineer |
mass-produce |
master |
master craftsman |
mastermind |
mechanic |
mechanical engineer |
metallurgical engineer |
metallurgist |
military engineer |
mother |
motorman |
muddle through |
negotiate |
nuclear engineer |
officer |
operant |
operate |
operative |
operator |
order |
ordnance engineer |
organize |
organizer |
originate |
originator |
overproduce |
past master |
perform |
petroleum engineer |
pilot |
pioneer |
plan |
planner |
play games |
plot |
power engineer |
power-supply engineer |
precursor |
prescribe |
prime mover |
produce |
producer |
product engineer |
pull strings |
pull the strings |
put over |
put through |
quarterback |
radar engineer |
radio engineer |
raiser |
realize |
realizer |
regulate |
repairman |
rig |
rocket engineer |
run |
runner |
sanitary engineer |
sapper |
sapper and miner |
scheme |
scrape along |
Seabee |
set up |
shaper |
sire |
skipper |
smith |
steam engineer |
steersman |
succeed in |
swing |
swing the deal |
take command |
take the lead |
technician |
ventilation engineer |
volume-produce |
wangle |
water-supply engineer |
work |
worry along |
wright
See Also | aeronautical engineer |
aerospace engineer |
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel |
army engineer |
automotive engineer |
Bryan Donkin |
Buckminster Fuller |
Casey Jones |
Charles Franklin Kettering |
Charles Kettering |
choreograph |
civil engineer |
Claude E. Shannon |
Claude Elwood Shannon |
Claude Shannon |
coder |
computer programmer |
da Vinci |
Daimler |
design |
Diesel |
Donkin |
Eiffel |
electrical engineer |
Elmer Ambrose Sperry |
Fuller |
George Washington Goethals |
Goethals |
Gottlieb Daimler |
Hugo Junkers |
human |
individual |
James Watt |
John Augustus Roebling |
John Luther Jones |
John Roebling |
Jones |
Junkers |
Karl Wilhelm Siemens |
Kettering |
Leonardo |
Leonardo da Vinci |
manipulator |
marine engineer |
mechanical engineer |
metallurgical engineer |
metallurgist |
military engineer |
mining engineer |
mortal |
naval engineer |
operator |
person |
plan |
programmer |
R. Buckminster Fuller |
Richard Buckminster Fuller |
Richard Trevithick |
rocket engineer |
rocket scientist |
Roebling |
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel |
Rudolf Diesel |
Shannon |
Siemens |
Sir Charles William Siemens |
software engineer |
somebody |
someone |
soul |
Sperry |
surveyor |
Thomas Augustus Watson |
Trevithick |
Watson |
Watt
Engineer In Webster's Dictionary
\En`gi*neer"\, n. [OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F.
ing['e]nieur. See {Engine}, n.]
1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any
branch of engineering. See under {Engineering}, n.
2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an
engine driver.
3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or
artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.]
{Civil engineer}, a person skilled in the science of civil
engineering.
{Military engineer}, one who executes engineering works of a
military nature. See under {Engineering}.
\En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Engineering}.]
1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the
work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J.
Hamilton.
2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of;
to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
[Colloq.]
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