Tom doesn't like people who manipulate others.
Source: tatoeba (1109231)
Manipulate
//məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt//
Synonyms for "manipulate" (150 found)
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Strong matches (45)
Related words (75)
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Verb(5 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
has context
1 entrieshas prerequisite
1 entriesmanner of
4 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
69 translations across 32 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- manipuleer verb (influence or manage)
Belarusian
2 entries- маніпулі́раваць verb (move with the hands)
- маніпулі́раваць verb (influence or manage)
Bulgarian
2 entries- боравя verb (influence or manage)
- манипулирам verb (move with the hands)
Catalan
2 entries- manipular verb (move with the hands)
- manipular verb (influence or manage)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 操纵 verb (move with the hands)
Danish
1 entries- manipulere verb (influence or manage)
Dutch
3 entries- beïnvloeden verb (influence or manage)
- manipuleren verb (move with the hands)
- manipuleren verb (influence or manage)
Esperanto
1 entries- manipuli verb (influence or manage)
Finnish
4 entries- käsitellä verb (move with the hands)
- käsitellä verb (influence or manage)
- liikutella verb (handle and move a body part)
- liikuttaa verb (handle and move a body part)
French
1 entries- manipuler verb (influence or manage)
Galician
1 entries- manipular verb (move with the hands)
German
1 entries- manipulieren verb (influence or manage)
Hungarian
3 entries- kezel verb (move with the hands)
- manipulál verb (move with the hands)
- manipulál verb (influence or manage)
Icelandic
4 entries- handleika verb (move with the hands)
- handstýra e-m verb (influence or manage)
- meðhöndla verb (move with the hands)
- ráðskast með e-n verb (influence or manage)
Ido
3 entries- manipular verb (move with the hands)
- manipular verb (influence or manage)
- manuagar verb (move with the hands)
Indonesian
1 entries- memanipulasi verb (move with the hands)
Irish
2 entries- lámhaigh verb (influence or manage)
- lámhaigh verb (handle and move a body part)
Italian
4 entries- manipolare verb (move with the hands)
- manipolare verb (influence or manage)
- manipolare verb (handle and move a body part)
- plagiare verb (influence or manage)
Korean
1 entries- 조종하다 verb (move with the hands)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- manipulere verb (influence or manage)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- manipulere verb (influence or manage)
Polish
4 entries- manipulować verb (move with the hands)
- manipulować verb (influence or manage)
- zmanipulować verb (move with the hands)
- zmanipulować verb (influence or manage)
Portuguese
4 entries- manipular verb (move with the hands)
- manipular verb (influence or manage)
- manipular verb (handle and move a body part)
- manusear verb (move with the hands)
Romanian
2 entries- manipula verb (move with the hands)
- manipula verb (influence or manage)
Russian
3 entries- манипули́ровать verb (move with the hands)
- манипули́ровать verb (influence or manage)
- управля́ть verb (move with the hands)
Spanish
3 entries- manipular verb (move with the hands)
- manipular verb (influence or manage)
- manipular verb (handle and move a body part)
Swedish
1 entries- manipulera verb (influence or manage)
Tamil
4 entries- அசை verb (handle and move a body part)
- இயக்கு verb (influence or manage)
- கையாள் verb (move with the hands)
- கையாள் verb (influence or manage)
Turkish
1 entries- manipüle etmek verb (influence or manage)
Ukrainian
2 entries- маніпулюва́ти verb (move with the hands)
- маніпулюва́ти verb (influence or manage)
Vietnamese
2 entries- thao túng verb (influence or manage)
- điều khiển verb (influence or manage)
West-Frisian
2 entries- beynfloedzje verb (influence or manage)
- manipulearje verb (influence or manage)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Can you really manipulate the thought and behavior of people by using subliminal messages?
Source: tatoeba (1890531)
Don't try to manipulate me.
Source: tatoeba (2275350)
You know how to manipulate me.
Source: tatoeba (2954568)
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