What is another word for manipulator?

Pronunciation: [mənˈɪpjʊlˌe͡ɪtə] (IPA)

Manipulator is a word commonly associated with someone who controls or influences others in an intentional and often devious way. However, there are many other synonyms that can be used to describe this type of person. Words such as schemer, machinator, controller, influencer, strategist, game-player, and operator all have similar connotations and can be used interchangeably with manipulator. Each of these words describes someone who uses their intelligence and cunning to achieve their goals, often at the expense of others. Whether in business, politics, or personal relationships, these individuals can be dangerous and should be approached with caution.

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Usage examples for Manipulator

And when it came to the color scheme-well, no grease paint manipulator ever mixed caffy-o-lay and raspb'ry pink the way it grew on her.
"Shorty McCabe"
Sewell Ford
Latterly the steamship lines have become adjuncts to great railway lines, and are conducted by the practiced stock manipulator-not by the veteran sea captain.
"American Merchant Ships and Sailors"
Willis J. Abbot
Nevertheless, Captain Monk confessed emotion at sight of those two in a quite perceptible start; and Lanyard saw the eyebrows tremendously agitated as their manipulator moved aft.
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance

Famous quotes with Manipulator

  • Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.
    Wyndham Lewis
  • Now the power of the imagination is a unifying power, hence the force of metaphor; and the poet is the supreme manipulator of metaphor... the world needs the unifying power of the imagination. The two things that give it best are poetry and religion.
    R. S. Thomas
  • The true manipulator never has a reputation for manipulating.
    Martin Amis
  • "Hey," he'd said, "it's me. Case." The old eyes regarding him out of their dark webs of wrinkled flesh. "Ah," Ratz had said, at last, "the artiste." The bartender shrugged. "I came back." The man shook his massive, stubbled head. "Night City is not a place one returns to, artiste," he said, swabbing the bar in front of Case with a filthy cloth, the pink manipulator whining.
    William Gibson

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