engineer: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 9 letter points · starts with E · ends with R
Meaning of engineer
noun
- also, figuratively
A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works for attack or defence, or other engineering works.
- broadly
A person professionally engaged in the technical design and construction of large-scale private and public works such as bridges, buildings, harbours, railways, roads, etc.; a civil engineer.
- broadly
Originally, a person engaged in designing, constructing, or maintaining engines or machinery; now (more generally), a person qualified or professionally engaged in any branch of engineering, or studying to do so.
- US, broadly
A person trained to operate an engine. A person who drives or operates a fire engine (firefighting apparatus).
Listed forms: engineers.
Source: Wiktionary — engineer.
verb
- transitive
To employ one's abilities and knowledge as an engineer to design, construct, and/or maintain (something, such as a machine or a structure), usually for industrial or public use.
- specifically, transitive
To use genetic engineering to alter or construct (a DNA sequence), or to alter (an organism).
- transitive
To plan or achieve (a goal) by contrivance or guile; to finagle, to wangle.
- intransitive
To formulate plots or schemes; to plot, to scheme.
Listed forms: engineers, engineering, engineered.
Source: Wiktionary — engineer.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for engineer.
noun
a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
- applied scientist
- technologist
noun
the operator of a railway locomotive
- locomotive engineer
- railroad engineer
- engine driver
verb
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is engineer in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of engineer
E(1) + N(1) + G(2) + I(1) + N(1) + E(1) + E(1) + R(1) = 9 points.
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Anagrams of engineer
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from engineer
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