SVENGALI meaning: Manipulative mentor controlling another's career

We found 24 dictionaries that define the word SVENGALI:

General (21 matching dictionaries)

svengali: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Svengali, Svengali: Merriam-Webster
Svengali: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Svengali: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
Svengali: Collins English Dictionary
Svengali: Vocabulary.com
Svengali, svengali: Wordnik
svengali: Wiktionary
Svengali: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
Svengali: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
Svengali: Infoplease Dictionary
svengali: Dictionary.com
Svengali: Online Etymology Dictionary
Svengali (album), Svengali (disambiguation), Svengali (musical), Svengali: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Svengali: Rhymezone
svengali: FreeDictionary.org
svengali: Mnemonic Dictionary
Svengali: The Word Detective
Svengali: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

Svengali: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

svengali: A Word A Day
Svengali: Wordcraft Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Svengali)

▸ noun: One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.
▸ noun: Alternative letter-case form of svengali [One who manipulates or controls another as by some mesmeric or sinister influence; especially a coach, mentor or industry mogul.]

Opposite:

follower, independent, leader, mentor

Adjectives:

sinister, evil, veritable, astral, amiable, own, female, benevolent, political, hypnotic

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