manipulator C2+ Topic:People & Society US /məˈnɪpjəleɪtər/ UK /məˈnɪpjʊleɪtə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 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... schemerexploiteroperatorcontrollerintriguerhandler Word family Related forms manipulatemanipulationmanipulative Etymology AI details From manipulate + -or, ultimately from Latin manipulus ('handful, bundle'), from manus ('hand') + a root related to plere ('to fill'). manipulus Latin manus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 markdown