manipulate
manipulate is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To treat, work, or operate with the hands, especially when knowledge and dexterity are required; to manage in hand work; to handle; as, to manipulate scientific apparatus.
- transitive verb. To control the action of, by management; as, to manipulate a convention of delegates; to manipulate the stock market; also, to manage artfully or fraudulently; as, to manipulate accounts, or election returns.
- intransitive verb. To use the hands in dexterous operations; to do hand work; specifically, to manage the apparatus or instruments used in scientific work, or in artistic or mechanical processes; also, specifically, to use the hand in mesmeric operations.
- verb. treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed
- verb. hold something in one's hands and move it
- verb. control (others or oneself) or influence skillfully, usually to one's advantage
"She manipulates her boss"
"She is a very controlling mother and doesn't let her children grow up"
- verb. manipulate in a fraudulent manner
"rig prices"
- verb. influence or control shrewdly or deviously
"He manipulated public opinion in his favor"
- verb. tamper, with the purpose of deception
"Fudge the figures"
"cook the books"
Synonyms
control, rig, cook, fake, falsify, fudge, misrepresent, wangle
Common word forms
manipulated, manipulates, manipulating
Words from these letters
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