Synonyms and Antonyms of manipulate

synonym (synonym of manipulate)

  • (verb.social)
    pull strings, pull wires
    influence or control shrewdly or deviously (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    cook, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle
    tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.possession)
    rig
    manipulate in a fraudulent manner (verb.possession)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    control, keep in line
    control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage (verb.emotion)
     

also (also)

hypernym (manipulate IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage (verb.emotion)
    interact
    act together or towards others or with others (verb.social)
     
  • hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
    handle, palm
    touch, lift, or hold with the hands (verb.contact)
     
  • influence or control shrewdly or deviously (verb.social)
    act upon, influence, work
    have and exert influence or effect (verb.social)
     
  • manipulate in a fraudulent manner (verb.possession)
    price
    determine the price of (verb.possession)
     
  • tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
    cheat, chisel
    engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social)
     
  • treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed (verb.body)
    care for, treat
    provide treatment for (verb.body)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF manipulate relation)

  • control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage (verb.emotion)
    tease
    to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them (verb.emotion)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    handle
    show and train (verb.emotion)
     
  • (verb.emotion)
    ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts (verb.emotion)
     
  • hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
    lay hands on
    manage with the hands (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    mouse
    manipulate the mouse of a computer (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    fiddle with, twiddle
    manipulate, as in a nervous or unconscious manner (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    handle, manage, wield
    handle effectively (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    control, operate
    handle and cause to function (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    knead, massage, rub down
    manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.change)
    knead, work
    make uniform (verb.change)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    mix, ruffle, shuffle
    mix so as to make a random order or arrangement (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    fiddle, monkey, tamper
    play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly (verb.contact)
     
  • (verb.contact)
    diddle, fiddle, play, toy
    manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination (verb.contact)
     
  • tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
    juggle
    manipulate by or as if by moving around components (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from manipulate)

  • control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage (verb.emotion)
    manipulation, use
    exerting shrewd or devious influence especially for one's own advantage (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    control
    the activity of managing or exerting control over something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    controller, restrainer
    a person who directs and restrains (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    manipulative
    skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage (adj.all)
     
  • hold something in one's hands and move it (verb.contact)
    manipulator
    a person who handles things manually (noun.person)
     
  • manipulate in a fraudulent manner (verb.possession)
    cheat, rig, swindle
    the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme (noun.act)
     
  • tamper, with the purpose of deception (verb.social)
    falsehood, falsification
    the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    falsification, misrepresentation
    a willful perversion of facts (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    fakery
    the act of faking (or the product of faking) (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.artifact)
    fake, postiche, sham
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be (noun.artifact)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    wangle, wangling
    an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or trickery (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    deceit, deception, misrepresentation
    a misleading falsehood (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    falsifier
    someone who falsifies (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    finagler, wangler
    a deceiver who uses crafty misleading methods (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    fake, faker, fraud, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer
    a person who makes deceitful pretenses (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.state)
    falseness, falsity
    the state of being false or untrue (noun.state)
     
  • treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed (verb.body)
    handling, manipulation, handling, manipulation
    the action of touching with the hands (or the skillful use of the hands) or by the use of mechanical means (noun.act)
     
synonym also hypernym hyponym derivation pull strings pull wires cook rig control keep in line cook up fabricate invent make up manufacture care for treat handle palm interact price lay hands on mouse fiddle with twiddle handle manage handling manipulation manipulator use control controller
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