ENGINEERED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

past tense of engineer

as in negotiated

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city

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Recent Examples of engineered

Adjective

Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role. — Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025

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The urban middle classes are in despair because the bursting of a real estate bubble — deliberately engineered by Xi — has evaporated the value of their main asset. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026 Each vessel is engineered to deploy up to 600 megawatts of electricity. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026 The stealth version is engineered to be worn and forgotten, closer in spirit to thermal underlayers than to ski outerwear. — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026 That backdrop, engineered by department heads like production designer Bob Shaw and costume designer Kasia Walicka-Maimone, remains magnificent. — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 These schemes often drove the show’s humor, along with the awkward social dynamics Fielder engineered by acting oblivious to the norms of human behavior. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026 It is engineered to tackle denim’s common issue of losing shape and bagging out over time. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 The low-dropout regulator which converts battery voltage into a steady supply is specifically engineered to avoid adding noise. — New Atlas, 19 Oct. 2026 Against one of the nation’s most talented defenses, Florida’s first-time starting quarterback calmly engineered the kind of drive that wins championships and changes seasons. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for engineered

Adjective

If pressure, temperature, flow or level moves away from its set point, the controller adjusts a valve, heater, pump or another manipulated variable.

— Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of manipulated

Adjective

According to Rover's data, non-designer mixed breeds again pawed their way to the #1 spot — and into America's heart.

— Liz Gray, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Because cap-toe flats were popularized by Chanel, the detail immediately makes even non-designer shoes look more expensive.

— Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of designer

Verb

For travelers arriving independently, the lodge's location near the park entrance is a major convenience, though transportation and activities will have to be arranged separately.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
Lawyers in Russia eventually located him and arranged for legal visits, money for food and basic necessities, and the brief phone call with his son.

— Olivia Gazis, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of arranged

Adjective

Sutley, a structural engineer at the University of Kansas, has brought manufactured homes, which were once called mobile homes, to Miami to destroy them.

— Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Once cleaned and prepared, the shells can be deployed in restoration sites as loose shells, in bags, or within manufactured wire reefs.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of manufactured

Verb

Most importantly, no more need for gas nor the treasonous chicanery plotted by the president and an enemy.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
An Arizona man who allegedly plotted a mass casualty attack on a Jewish or Muslim house of worship is being accused by prosecutors of possessing an infamous bomb-making manual linked to the Oklahoma City bomber.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of plotted

Adjective

The middle stretch has a concocted outdoor chase sequence that feels like a clumsy campground slasher.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
On the eve of our nation’s Independence Day, Americans should be deeply concerned by the misuse of government power against an ordinary citizen based on a concocted narrative.

— Jasmine Baehr , Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of concocted

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