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svengalis

/svɛnˈɡɑːliz/

svengalis is the plural of svengali.

Meaning of svengali

Noun

svengali (plural svengalis)

  1. One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.
    • She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.2005 October 15, Hamilton Spectator

Noun capitalized: Svengalis

Svengalis

  1. (plural) plural of Svengali

Words that rhyme with svengalis

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Questions about svengalis

What is svengalis the plural of?
Svengalis is the plural of svengali.
What part of speech is svengalis?
Svengalis is a noun.
How do you pronounce svengalis?
Svengalis is pronounced /svɛnˈɡɑːliz/.

Words near svengalis in the dictionary

  1. svelter
  2. sveltest
  3. Sven
  4. svengali
  5. Svengalian
  6. svengalis
  7. Svenson
  8. Svensons
  9. Svensson
  10. Svenssons
  11. Svenstavik

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Adapted from Wiktionary: svengalis (page history and authors); Svengalis (page history and authors); svengali (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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