'Engineer' definitions:
Definition of 'engineer'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems [syn: engineer, applied scientist, technologist]
noun
The operator of a railway locomotive [syn: engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer, engine driver]
verb
Design as an engineer; "He engineered the water supply project"
verb
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]
Definition of 'Engineer'
From: GCIDE
- Engineer \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; as, a civil engineer; an electronic engineer; a chemical engineer. See under Engineering, n. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Engineer'
From: GCIDE
- Engineer \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Engineer Corps
Synonyms of 'engineer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Engineer'
- Engine,
- Engineered,
- Engineering,
- Enginer,
- Enginous,
- engines,
- Ballast engine,
- Beam engine,
- Bogie engine,
- Caloric engine,
- Carding engine,
- Civil engineer,
- Civil engineering,
- Compound engine,
- Condensing engine,
- Cornish engine,
- Corps of Engineers,
- Cycloidal engine,
- Cylinder engine,
- Diesel engine,
- Disk engine,
- Dividing engine,
- Donkey engine,
- Draft engine,
- Draught engine,
- Engine driver,
- Engine lathe,
- Engine tool,
- Engine turning,
- Engineer Corps,
- Ether engine,
- Fire engine,
- Flame engine,
- Forcing engine,
- Garden engine,
- Gas engine,
- Gasolene engine,
- Gasoline engine,
- Goods engine,
- Graduating engine,
- Grasshopper engine,
- Heat engine,
- Hoisting engine,
- Horizontal engine,
- Lapping engine,
- Locomotive engine,
- Man engine,
- Marine engine,
- Mechanical engineering,
- Military engineer,
- Mining engineering,
- Pile engine,
- Pilot engine,
- Pony engine,
- Potcher engine,
- Pumping engine,
- Radial engine,
- Radiant engine,
- Reciprocating engine,
- Reversing engine,
- Ringing engine,
- Rose engine,
- Rotary engine,
- Rotative engine,
- Screw engine,
- Semiradial engine,
- Solar engine,
- Stationary engine,
- Steam engine,
- Steeple engine,
- Switching engine,
- Tandem engine,
- Tank engine,
- Throwing engine,
- To reverse an engine,
- Traction engine,
- Trunk engine,
- Turning engine,
- Vapor engine,
- Water engine,
- Winding engine,
- aeronautical engineer,
- aeronautical engineering,
- aerospace engineer,
- aircraft engine,
- architectural engineering,
- army engineer,
- automobile engine,
- automotive engineer,
- automotive engineering,
- auxiliary engine,
- biomedical engineering,
- chemical engineering,
- efficiency engineer,
- electrical engineer,
- electrical engineering,
- engine block,
- engine failure,
- engine room,
- engineer's chain,
- engineering school,
- engineering science,
- epitrochoidal engine,
- fanjet engine,
- flight engineer,
- genetic engineering,
- highway engineer,
- hydraulic engineering,
- industrial engineering,
- ion engine,
- jet engine,
- knowledge engineering,
- locomotive engineer,
- marine engineer,
- mechanical engineer,
- metallurgical engineer,
- mining engineer,
- naval engineer,
- naval engineering,
- nuclear engineering,
- petrol engine,
- railroad engineer,
- ramjet engine,
- reaction engine,
- rocket engine,
- rocket engineer,
- rotatory engine,
- search engine,
- software engineer,
- software engineering,
- switch engine,
- turbofan engine,
- turbojet engine,
- wankel engine,
- Duplex pumping engine,
- Engine-sized,
- Portable steam engine,
- Semiportable steam engine,
- Steam fire engine,
- Vertical steam engine,
- bachelor of science in engineering,
- efficiency of a heat engine,
- engine cooling system,
- master of science in engineering,
- wankel rotary engine,
- Compressed-air engine,
- Electro-magnetic engine,
- Engine-type generator,
- High-pressure engine,
- Internal-combustion engine,
- Side-lever engine,
- external-combustion engine,
- four-stroke engine,
- reaction-propulsion engine,
- valve-in-head engine,
- Back-acting steam engine,
- Back-action steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Low-pressure steam engine,
- Self-contained steam engine,
- Triple-expansion steam engine,
- direct-action steam engine,
- four-stroke internal-combustion engine