Synonyms for operatives
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : op-er-uh-tiv, op-ruh-tiv, op-uh-rey-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ər ə tɪv, ˈɒp rə tɪv, ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for operatives Other synonyms for the word operatives
- abettor
- actor
- advocate
- agents
- agitator
- aide
- ambassador
- apprentice
- artificer
- artisan
- assignee
- assistants
- attorney
- beagle
- blue collar
- blue-collar worker
- breadwinner
- cast
- cloak-and-dagger man
- company person
- craftsperson
- delegate
- deputies
- dick
- doer
- double agent
- drudge
- emissary
- employee
- envoy
- espionage agent
- executor
- eye
- factor
- factotum
- faculty
- farmhand
- firebrand
- flatfoot
- force
- foreign agent
- functionary
- go-between
- goad
- grunt
- gumshoe
- hack
- hand
- handler
- hard hat
- help
- helper
- hired person
- hireling
- incendiary
- informer
- inquiry agent
- inside agent
- inside man
- inspector
- instigator
- instrument
- intelligence agent
- intelligencer
- intermediary
- investigator
- laborer
- lawyer
- learner
- lookout
- manual worker
- mediary
- middleperson
- migrant worker
- minister
- mole
- mover
- negotiator
- nine-to-fiver
- noncooperator
- observer
- officer
- officers
- operant
- operative
- operatives
- operator
- organization
- patrol
- peasant
- peon
- personnel
- PI
- picket
- plant
- prentice
- principal
- private dick
- private eye
- proctor
- proletarian
- proletariat
- promoter
- provocateur
- provocative agent
- provoker
- proxy
- rabble-rouser
- radical
- rank and file
- representative
- ringleader
- roustabout
- salesperson
- scout
- secret agent
- secret service
- serf
- servant
- servants
- Sherlock Holmes
- shop
- skip tracer
- slave
- sleeper
- sleuth
- sleuthhound
- snoop
- spark
- spook
- spotter
- spy
- steward
- stiff
- substitute
- surrogate
- teachers
- team
- tec
- ten percenter
- toiler
- trader
- tradesperson
- troublemaker
- undercover agent
- undercover man
- unskilled worker
- wage earner
- watcher
- white collar
- work force
- worker
- workers
- working girl
- working man/woman
- working people
- working person
- working stiff
- workingman
- workingwoman
- workman
- workwoman
Définition of operatives
Origin :- "producing the intended effect," early 15c., from Old French operatif (14c.) or directly from Late Latin operativus "creative, formative," from operat-, past participle stem of operari (see operation). Weakened sense of "significant, important" is from 1955.
- As in labor : noun person(s) performing service
- As in spy : noun person who secretly finds out about another's business
- As in staff : noun employees of organization
- As in worker : noun person who is employed
- As in private detective : noun private investigator
- As in secret agent : noun spy
- As in operator : noun one who operates a machine
- As in roustabout : noun laborer
- As in agent : noun person representing an organization or person in business
- As in agent provocateur : noun secret agent
- As in hand : noun person who does labor
- Bolton and Dr. Bird, with the two operatives at their heels, raced for the roof.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 » by Various
- The Vose-Mern agency called its men and women by the name of operatives.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Suppose I slip a picked crowd of my operatives into his crew?
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- She learned that the two operatives had started for the north.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Latisan had trailed the operatives and saw them enter the smoking car.
- Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
- Why are the operatives at Lowell less discontented than elsewhere?
- Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
- The abodes of the operatives in many instances are greatly in need of improvement.
- Extract from : « Captains of Industry » by James Parton
- "That is for the operatives on the upper floor," explained the forewoman.
- Extract from : « The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch » by Laura Lee Hope
- The company now employ 250 operatives, many of whom are citizens of Natchez.
- Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- More than one million operatives are engaged in textile manufactures.
- Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
Antonyms for operatives
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