'operator' definitions:
Definition of 'operator'
(from WordNet)
noun
(mathematics) a symbol or function representing a mathematical operation
noun
An agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard" [syn: operator, manipulator]
noun
Someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
noun
A shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties [syn: hustler, wheeler dealer, operator]
noun
A speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
Synonyms of 'operator'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activist,
- actor,
- administrator,
- adventurer,
- agent,
- architect,
- author,
- ball of fire,
- beaver,
- behind-the-scenes operator,
- big operator,
- big wheel,
- big-time operator,
- bustler,
- busy bee,
- central,
- coconspirator,
- conductor,
- conniver,
- conspirator,
- conspirer,
- counterplotter,
- creator,
- director,
- doer,
- driver,
- eager beaver,
- eminence grise,
- engineer,
- enthusiast,
- executant,
- executor,
- executrix,
- exploiter,
- fabricator,
- faker,
- finagler,
- fraud,
- functionary,
- gamesman,
- go-getter,
- gray eminence,
- gunslinger,
- handler,
- human dynamo,
- hustler,
- intrigant,
- intriguer,
- kingmaker,
- lame duck,
- live wire,
- logroller,
- long distance,
- Machiavellian,
- machinator,
- maker,
- man of action,
- man of deeds,
- manager,
- maneuverer,
- manipulator,
- margin purchaser,
- medium,
- militant,
- mover,
- new broom,
- operant,
- operative,
- operative surgeon,
- opportunist,
- PBX operator,
- performer,
- perpetrator,
- pilot,
- plotter,
- plunger,
- political activist,
- pork-barrel politician,
- powerhouse,
- practitioner,
- prime mover,
- producer,
- runner,
- sawbones,
- scalper,
- schemer,
- smart operator,
- smoothie,
- speculator,
- stag,
- steersman,
- strategist,
- subject,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surgeon,
- switchboard operator,
- take-charge guy,
- telephone operator,
- telephonist,
- wheeler-dealer,
- winner,
- wire-puller,
- wise guy,
- worker
Words containing 'operator'
- in operation,
- operable,
- operant,
- operate,
- operate on,
- operating,
- operation,
- operational,
- operationalism,
- operationally,
- operations,
- operative,
- operatively,
- Calculus of operations,
- Distributive operation,
- Front of operations,
- Line of operations,
- Plastic operation,
- Reverse operation,
- Subcutaneous operation,
- Subperiosteal operation,
- amphibious operation,
- arithmetic operation,
- asynchronous operation,
- auxiliary operation,
- base of operations,
- binary operation,
- black operation,
- boolean operation,
- camera operator,
- chemical operations,
- clandestine operation,
- cognitive operation,
- combined operation,
- company operator,
- computer operation,
- concurrent operation,
- consecutive operation,
- control operation,
- covert operation,
- dyadic operation,
- elevator operator,
- exfiltration operation,
- existential operator,
- eye operation,
- field of operation,
- field of operations,
- identity operator,
- intelligence operation,
- joint operation,
- linear operator,
- logic operation,
- logical operation,
- machine operation,
- majority operation,
- martyr operation,
- mathematical operation,
- matrix operation,
- military operation,
- military operations,
- monadic operation,
- multiplex operation,
- newsstand operator,
- operant conditioning,
- operating budget,
- operating capability,
- operating capital,
- operating cost,
- operating expense,
- operating instructions,
- operating microscope,
- operating procedure,
- operating room,
- operating statement,
- operating surgeon,
- operating system,
- operating table,
- operating theater,
- operating theatre,
- operation code,
- operational casualty,
- operational cell,
- operational damage,
- operations research,
- operative field,
- operator gene,
- overt operation,
- parallel operation,
- peacekeeping operation,
- printing operation,
- psychological operation,
- pyramid operation,
- radio operator,
- rescue operation,
- sacrifice operation,
- sequential operation,
- serial operation,
- shirodkar's operation,
- simultaneous operation,
- sting operation,
- surgical operation,
- switchboard operator,
- synchronous operation,
- telegraph operator,
- telephone operator,
- theater of operations,
- theatre of operations,
- threshold operation,
- trading operations,
- unary operation,
- undercover operation,
- A deep line of operations,
- big time operator,
- binary arithmetic operation,
- chief operating officer,
- coin-operated,
- disk operating system,
- hand-operated,
- off-line operation,
- operation desert storm,
- riot control operation,
- simulated military operation,
- standard operating procedure,
- standing operating procedure,
- unix operating system,
- buy-and-bust operation,
- fixed-cycle operation,
- floating-point operation,
- meuse-argonne operation,
- microsoft disk operating system,
- purse-string operation,
- real-time operation,
- sewing-machine operator,
- sex-change operation,
- co-operative republic of guyana,
- million floating point operations per second,
- trillion floating point operations per second