puppeteer
Syllables: pup·pet·eer/ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/US/ˌpʌpəˈtɪ(ə)ɹ/
puppeteer noun: a person who uses a puppet.
Noun
puppeteer (plural puppeteers)
- A person who uses a puppet.
- Synonyms:
- puppet master
- Someone who is manipulative and thus able to get people to do what they want or to make events develop in the way they want in a puppet-like manner.
Verb
puppeteer (third-person singular simple present puppeteers, present participle puppeteering, simple past and past participle puppeteered)
- To control (a puppet).
- To control (an event, person, or organization) from behind the scenes.
puppeteer meaning in Urdu, Malayalam, Kannada and Malay
puppeteer in Urdu
- کٹھ پتلی والا
puppeteer in Malayalam
- പാവക്കൂത്തുകാരൻ, പാവകളിക്കാരൻ
puppeteer in Kannada
- ಸೂತ್ರದ ಗೊಂಬೆಯಾಟಗಾರ
puppeteer in Malay
- person who uses a puppet
- dalang
More languagesFewer languages
- puppeteer in Indonesian
- dalang
Synonyms of puppeteer
Forms of puppeteer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | puppeteers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | puppeteers |
| present participle | puppeteering |
| past participle | puppeteered |
| past | puppeteered |
Origin of puppeteer
From puppet + -eer.
Words formed from puppeteer
Words that rhyme with puppeteer
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about puppeteer
- What does puppeteer mean?
- Puppeteer means a person who uses a puppet.
- What is puppeteer in Urdu?
- Puppeteer in Urdu is کٹھ پتلی والا. See Puppeteer meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is puppeteer?
- Puppeteer can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce puppeteer?
- Puppeteer is pronounced /ˌpʌpɪˈtɪə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of puppeteer?
- The plural of puppeteer is puppeteers.
Words near puppeteer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: puppeteer (page history and authors); puppeteer (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppeteer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); puppeteer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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