Antonyms for manipulate
məˈnɪp yəˌleɪtma·nip·u·late

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1. manipulate, pull strings, pull wiresverb

   influence or control shrewdly or deviously

   "He manipulated public opinion in his favor"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

2. manipulateverb

   hold something in one's hands and move it

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

3. fudge, manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle, misrepresentverb

   tamper, with the purpose of deception

   "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

   Synonyms:
   warp, belie, circumvent, evade, ready, prepare, sidestep, cook, pull wires, fix, forge, manage, make, parry, dodge, finagle, fake, duck, alter, control, hedge, bullshit, put off, bull, talk through one's hat, falsify, distort, garble, counterfeit, pull strings, elude, interpolate, wangle, keep in line, fudge, misrepresent, rig, skirt

4. rig, manipulateverb

   manipulate in a fraudulent manner

   "rig prices"

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, set, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, set up, control, fake

5. manipulate, keep in line, controlverb

   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"; "The teacher knew how to keep the class in line"; "she keeps in line"

   Synonyms:
   assure, misrepresent, see, fudge, hold in, fake, pull strings, cook, control, moderate, hold, ensure, wangle, check, pull wires, keep in line, falsify, ascertain, operate, master, rig, see to it, command, insure, curb, verify, contain

6. manipulateverb

   treat manually, as with massage, for therapeutic purposed

   Synonyms:
   misrepresent, wangle, rig, cook, pull strings, keep in line, fudge, pull wires, falsify, control, fake

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1. manipulateverb

   Synonyms:
   handle, operate, manage

How to use manipulate in a sentence?

1. Yuval Adler:

   I am Israeli, and I don't think it shows Mossad in a bad light, intelligence organizations are always about exploitation to achieve their goals ... There is a tension in the film between the professionals who manipulate the non-professionals.

2. Nicole Schwegman:

   The Department does not manipulate military recruiting data, as part of achieving their End-strength objectives, the Services set their own recruitment goals and will make adjustment to those goals based upon Service retention rates, separation rates, and attrition.

3. Gail Beatty:

   He clearly used his power to manipulate her, i think what we have seen so far is grounds for impeachment.

4. Sean Hendrickson:

   If it does work, his body locks up. I don't know how that helps, if you look at video and how close, she's right inside the open door, at the edge, and those probes won't spread far enough to achieve neuromuscular incapacitation and that's the goal. If you achieved it, he'd be locked up in that seat. It's hard to manipulate him. It's confusing, tactically, what the end goal was with the Taser.

5. Lorenzo Mendoza:

   I totally reject the attempts to manipulate public opinion.

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