MANIPULATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does manipulator mean? 

• MANIPULATOR (noun)
  The noun MANIPULATOR has 2 senses:

1. an agent that operates some apparatus or machine

2. a person who handles things manually

  Familiarity information: MANIPULATOR used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANIPULATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An agent that operates some apparatus or machine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

manipulator; operator

Context example:

the operator of the switchboard

Hypernyms ("manipulator" is a kind of...):

causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manipulator"):

company operator (an operator who works for a company)

driver (the operator of a motor vehicle)

elevator operator (an operator of an elevator)

engine driver; engineer; locomotive engineer; railroad engineer (the operator of a railway locomotive)

hoister (an operator of a hoist)

jockey (an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus)

motorman (the operator of streetcar)

radio operator (someone who operates a radio transmitter)

switchman (a man who operates railroad switches)

telegraph operator; telegrapher; telegraphist (someone who transmits messages by telegraph)

switchboard operator; telephone operator; telephonist (someone who helps callers get the person they are calling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who handles things manually

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("manipulator" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "manipulator"):

fiddler; twiddler (someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner)

Derivation:

manipulate (hold something in one's hands and move it)