Manipulate synonyms and antonyms

mə-nĭp'yə-lāt'

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control (related)
To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
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exploit
To make use of selfishly or unethically:
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handle
To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands.
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manage (related)
To direct or conduct business affairs.
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synthesize (related)
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influence
Influence is defined as to affect a person or thing.
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operate
To be in action so as to produce an effect; act; function; work
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pull-strings
(Intransitive, idiomatic, often with “the” or a possessive adjective (such as “his”) before “strings”) To control a person, organization, or situation by operating behind the scenes, as a puppeteer controls a marionette.
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rig
To fit out with a harness or other equipment.
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swing
To bring around to the desired result:
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wield
To exercise (power, influence, etc.)
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keep in line
control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
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visualize (related)
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leave-alone (antonym)
To stop bothering.
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manipulation (related)
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plan (related)
To have as a specific aim or purpose; intend:
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scheme
To plan in a deceitful way; plot
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pull wires
influence or control shrewdly or deviously
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mold
To form (something) out of a fluid or plastic material:
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finagle
(Informal) To get, arrange, or maneuver by cleverness, persuasion, etc., or esp. by craftiness, trickery, etc.
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fudge
To act in an indecisive manner:
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shape
To influence in a formative way:
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work
Followed by with. General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients.
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touch (related)
To imbue or endow with a specific quality. [from 14th c.]
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straight (related)
(Sports) In the straight position, as in diving.
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visualise (related)
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analyze (related)
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interpret (related)
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interrogate (related)
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subvert (related)
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animate (related)
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distort (related)
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decode (related)
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use
To consume, expend, or exhaust by use
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wangle
To manipulate or change (statistics, accounts, etc.) for a selfish or dishonest purpose; falsify; juggle
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falsify
(Finance) To show, in accounting, (an item of charge inserted in an account) to be wrong.
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form (related)
To give shape or visible structure to (a thing or person).
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ply
Ply is defined as to make multiple layers, to work at, to keep supplying or to keep asking questions.
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knead
(Intransitive, of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.
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maneuver
To move (something) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position.
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used (related)
(Intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense) to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
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play
To put (a player) at a position in a sport or in a game:
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fake
To fake means to create a false impression, to lie and pretend to be something you aren't, or to create a knock-off or impersonation.
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cook
(Intransitive) To be being cooked.
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misrepresent
To be an improper or bad representative of
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  • He's the only one who knew how to manipulate them.

  • My gift is the ability to manipulate minds.

  • Robots can manipulate matter smaller than we can even see, and robots can effortlessly manipulate objects that weigh many tons.

  • He wasn't interested in marriage and he didn't want her trying to manipulate him into it.

  • Grim, she quickened her step as she debated how to manipulate her killer before the final blow fell.

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