Synonyms for Maneuver
ma·neu·ver

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1. maneuver

   A contrivance or device may be either good or bad. A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury. Imposture is a deceitful contrivance for securing charity, credit, or consideration. A stratagem or maneuver may be of the good against the bad, as it were a skilful movement of war. A wile is usually but not necessarily evil.

   E'en children followed with endearing wile.

   Goldsmith Deserted Village, l. 184.

   A trick is often low, injurious, and malicious; we say a mean trick; the word is sometimes used playfully with less than its full meaning. A ruse or a blind may be quite innocent and harmless. An artifice is a carefully and delicately prepared contrivance for doing indirectly what one could not well do directly. A device is something studied out for promoting an end, as in a mechanism; the word is used of indirect action, often, but not necessarily directed to an evil, selfish, or injurious end. Finesse is especially subtle contrivance, delicate artifice, whether for good or evil. Compare FRAUD.

   Synonyms:
   art, artifice, blind, cheat, contrivance, craft, cunning, device, dodge, finesse, fraud, guile, imposture, invention, machination, ruse, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile

   Antonyms:
   artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth

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1. maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operationnoun

   a military training exercise

   Synonyms:
   play, maneuver, tactics, manoeuvre, tactic, simulated military operation, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, evasive action

2. tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvrenoun

   a plan for attaining a particular goal

   Synonyms:
   play, maneuver, tactics, manoeuvre, tactic, simulated military operation, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, evasive action

3. maneuver, manoeuvre, playnoun

   a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

   "he made a great maneuver"; "the runner was out on a play by the shortstop"

   Synonyms:
   turn, manoeuvre, dramatic play, period of play, shimmer, play, bid, maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, caper, tactical maneuver, romp, gambol, tactics, simulated military operation, sport, frolic, playing period, free rein, child's play, gambling, evasive action, gaming, swordplay, tactic, looseness, fun, drama

4. maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvrenoun

   a move made to gain a tactical end

   Synonyms:
   play, maneuver, tactics, manoeuvre, tactic, simulated military operation, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, evasive action

5. maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive actionverb

   an action aimed at evading an opponent

   Synonyms:
   play, maneuver, tactics, manoeuvre, tactic, simulated military operation, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, evasive action

6. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channeliseverb

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

   Synonyms:
   channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, maneuver, take, indicate, signal, point, betoken, aim, channelise, take aim, train, steer, channel, manoeuver, transport, address, manoeuvre, direct, level, engineer, organize, charge, organise, luff, calculate, head up, conduct, draw, bespeak, guide on, run, orient, send, orchestrate, mastermind, guide, designate, transmit

7. maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvreverb

   act in order to achieve a certain goal

   "He maneuvered to get the chairmanship"; "She maneuvered herself into the directorship"

   Synonyms:
   maneuver, head, operate, manoeuvre, channelize, direct, steer, point, channelise, guide, manoeuver

8. manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operateverb

   perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

   Synonyms:
   go, manoeuver, maneuver, control, mesh, head, function, guide, engage, direct, channelize, run, operate, lock, operate on, channelise, work, steer, point, manoeuvre

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Motion
   • Move
   • Plan Of Action

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. maneuvernoun

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Manœuvre.] evolution, movement

2. maneuvernoun

   Synonyms:
   scheme, plan, plot, stratagem, artful management, adroit procedure

3. maneuververb

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Manœuvre.] perform evolutions

4. maneuververb

   Synonyms:
   contrive, plan, plot, manage, pull the wires or strings

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1. maneuvernoun

   Synonyms:
   management, ruse, stratagem, artifice, trick, finesse

2. maneuververb

   Synonyms:
   scheme, finesse, plan

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1. List of paraphrases for "maneuver":

   manoeuvre, maneuvering, autorotation, gambit, labourer, manoeuvring, exercise, maneuvers, drill

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. maneuver

   Synonyms:
   Manoeuvre

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1. Rory Lancman:

   In many circumstances it's not a maneuver of last resort, it's the first technique that they applied.

2. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe:

   My objective is not to increase indefinitely the public debt. It is to give our hospitals some room for maneuver.

3. Blake Herzinger:

   Flying aircraft close to each other at 500 miles per hour with unfriendly intentions is generally unsafe, at that range, an unexpected maneuver or an equipment issue can cause a terrible accident in under a second.

4. Joseph Sroka:

   In an election year, especially when the president is getting backlash that the tax cut benefits only the rich, seeking a way to democratize the stock market to low income earners would be a popular maneuver.

5. Joe Saluzzi:

   What that is called is evaporation of liquidity, liquidity that was never there in the first place and it’s a typical maneuver that goes on in the fragmented stock market we have now.