troubleshooter
3
4.1
- noun
- /ˈtrʌbəlˌʃuːtər/
- Specialized
:
solucionador de problemas
- During the event, the troubleshooter fixed several technical problems, ensuring everything ran smoothly.
Examples
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The company hired a troubleshooter to improve communication between departments and streamline operations.
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A good NoSQL engineer should be an excellent troubleshooter and a high-performance problem solver.
Blog text (32) -
A guy who works for me is a good troubleshooter and does damn fine installation work.
Blog text (26) -
You were presented to me as a troubleshooter, mister.
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- I travel... sort of a licensed troubleshooter.
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They currently earn their living in the computer field as consultants and troubleshooters.
Fiction book (1996) -
He acted as the pope's discreet troubleshooter, based upon his service in Argentina, Nicaragua, and Palestine.
Academic text (1997) -
After September 1965, instead of heading the civil rights effort, Johnson used Humphrey as a liaison to black leaders and as his civil rights troubleshooter when inner-city riots erupted.
Academic text (1998) -
Troubleshooters were just what their title implied, the people who solved problems for the mainline, Loop-based corporations—except that most troubleshooters' idea of solving a problem was to create other problems for other people.
Fiction book (1990) -
As a skilled troubleshooter, she quickly identified the faulty part in the machine and resolved the issue.
Synonyms
188
2.3
A person who repairs machines like cars and engines
33
2.7
A person who fixes broken machines and equipment
20
3.9
A person who finds answers to problems by thinking carefully, like puzzles or math questions
12
3.1
A person who finds answers to difficult situations
6
7.3
A person who fixes small metal things by hand, often while traveling
1
3.0
A person who fixes broken things, often as a job
1
6.2
A person who fixes and looks after machines and equipment
1
4.3
A person or tool that finds and fixes mistakes in writing
A woman who fixes machines, equipment, or buildings
How Effective
∞
3.2
352
3.9
- Specialized
3
4.1
- Specialized
184
3.7
833
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
troubleshooter = troubleshoot (transparent) = trouble + shoot + er
Formed by the verb 'troubleshoot' plus the agentive suffix '-er', producing 'one who troubleshoots'; meaning is directly derived.
Etymology
Troubleshooter joins trouble ('problem') and shoot ('to aim at or remove'), creating a picture of someone who 'takes aim' at a problem and stops it. That's why a troubleshooter is a person who finds and fixes problems in machines, systems, or organizations.