manipulate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

Synonyms

• manipulate

More generic

• care for
• treat

Verb

hold something in one's hands and move it

Synonyms

• manipulate

More generic

• handle
• palm

More specific

• control
• diddle
• fiddle
• fiddle with
• handle
• knead
• lay hands on
• manage
• massage
• mix
• monkey
• mouse
• operate
• play
• rub down
• ruffle
• shuffle
• tamper
• toy
• twiddle
• wield
• work

Verb

maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage

Synonyms

• control
• keep in line
• manipulate

More generic

• interact

More specific

• handle
• ingratiate
• tease

Verb

manipulate in a fraudulent manner

Synonyms

• manipulate
• rig

More generic

• price

Verb

influence or control shrewdly or deviously

Synonyms

• manipulate
• pull strings
• pull wires

More generic

• act upon
• influence
• work

Verb

tamper, with the purpose of deception

Synonyms

• cook
• fake
• falsify
• fudge
• manipulate
• misrepresent
• wangle

More generic

• cheat
• chisel

More specific

• juggle

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