manipulator

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /məˈnɪpjəleɪtər/ UK /məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person who controls others unfairly; a device for handling objects

He was a cunning manipulator who turned friends against one another.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who controls... schemer exploiter operator controllerintriguerhandler

Word family

Related forms manipulate manipulationmanipulative

Etymology

From manipulate + -or, ultimately from Latin manipulus ('handful, bundle'), from manus ('hand') + a root related to plere ('to fill').

manipulus Latin manus Latin

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Topics

People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# manipulator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /məˈnɪpjəleɪtər/
**IPA (UK):** /məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə/

## Meanings
1. a person who controls others unfairly; a device for handling objects

## Examples
- He was a cunning manipulator who turned friends against one another.

## Synonyms
- schemer
- exploiter
- operator
- controller
- intriguer
- handler

## Related Forms
- manipulate
- manipulation
- manipulative

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: manipulus
- Root: manus

## Etymology
From manipulate + -or, ultimately from Latin manipulus ('handful, bundle'), from manus ('hand') + a root related to plere ('to fill').

## AI Etymology
Manipulator comes from manipulate + -or, ultimately from Latin manipulus ('handful, bundle'), from manus ('hand') + a root related to plere ('to fill'). The suffix is part of the word's derivational shape, marking the final grammatical or semantic role while the base supplies the central meaning. As a noun, it denotes "a person who controls others unfairly; a device for handling objects", keeping the historical idea close to its dictionary sense. Relevant historical forms include Latin manipulus and Latin manus. Related words include manipulate, manipulation, manipulative.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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