Synonyms for manage
ˈmæn ɪdʒman·age

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1. manage

   Govern carries the idea of authoritative administration or some exercise of authority that is at once effective and continuous; control is effective, but may be momentary or occasional. One controls what he holds or can hold at will absolutely in check; as, a skilful horseman controls a spirited horse; a person controls his temper; we say to one who is excited, "control yourself." A person commands another when he has, or claims, the right to make that other do his will, with power of inflicting penalty if not obeyed; he controls another whom he can effectually prevent from doing anything contrary to his will; he governs one whom he actually does cause, regularly or constantly, to obey his will; a parent may command a child whom he can not govern or control. The best teachers are not greatly prone to command, but govern or control their pupils largely by other means. Command is, however, often used in the sense of securing, as well as requiring, submission or obedience, as when we speak of a commanding influence; a man commands the situation when he can shape events as he pleases; a fortress commands the region when no enemy can pass against its resistance. Govern implies the exercise of knowledge and judgment as well as power. To rule is more absolute and autocratic than to govern; to sway is to move by quiet but effectual influence; to mold is not only to influence feeling and action, but to shape character; to manage is to secure by skilful contrivance the doing of one's will by those whom one can not directly control; a wise mother, by gentle means, sways the feelings and molds the lives of her children; to be able to manage servants is an important element of good housekeeping. The word reign, once so absolute, now simply denotes that one holds the official station of sovereign in a monarchy, with or without effective power; the Queen of England reigns; the Czar of Russia both reigns and rules.

   Synonyms:
   command, control, curb, direct, govern, influence, mold, reign, reign over, restrain, rule, sway

   Antonyms:
   be in subjection, be subject, comply, obey, submit, yield

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1. manage

   Synonyms:
   handle, manipulate, control, conduct, administer, mould, regulate, contrive, train, husband, direct, wield

   Antonyms:
   mismanage, misconduct, upset, derange, misuse

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1. pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manageverb

   be successful; achieve a goal

   "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

   Synonyms:
   bear off, negotiate, bring off, finagle, care, talk terms, eliminate, bear away, supervise, eradicate, grapple, decimate, pull off, wield, deal, contend, do, oversee, wangle, annihilate, make out, carry away, wipe out, negociate, pick off, handle, draw away, draw off, take away, extinguish, cope, tweak, make do, get by, superintend, carry off, pluck

   Antonyms:
   fail

2. manage, deal, care, handleverb

   be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

   "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"

   Synonyms:
   wish, divvy up, shell out, give care, plow, carry on, bring off, lot, apportion, dish out, deal out, allot, care, portion out, wield, consider, take, treat, share, dispense, dole out, finagle, grapple, administer, pull off, deal, supervise, parcel out, trade, contend, do, address, oversee, make out, worry, mete out, negociate, like, distribute, do by, handle, conduct, cover, palm, sell, cope, wangle, make do, get by, superintend, look at, carry off

   Antonyms:
   fail

3. cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb

   come to terms with

   "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

   Synonyms:
   wield, take, finagle, discern, bang, screw, vie, handle, recognise, deal, grapple, distinguish, debate, repugn, make love, divvy up, do, jazz, spot, roll in the hay, cut, escape, be intimate, get along, address, fight, lot, pick out, get out, portion out, eff, dole out, make do, compete, plow, bed, do it, consider, superintend, have intercourse, make out, share, struggle, tell apart, supervise, neck, apportion, contest, fill in, administer, treat, parcel out, sell, have it away, sleep with, bring off, dispense, get off, dish out, contend, come, issue, love, argue, hump, get laid, fence, negociate, get away, pull off, allot, have it off, get it on, oversee, sleep together, cover, get by, distribute, write out, carry on, carry off, cope, recognize, bonk, know, wangle, mete out, look at, postulate, have sex, complete, grip, care, fare, lie with, deal out, trade, shell out, have a go at it, conduct, fill out

   Antonyms:
   fail

4. oversee, supervise, superintend, manageverb

   watch and direct

   "Who is overseeing this project?"

   Synonyms:
   make do, supervise, contend, cope, wangle, finagle, handle, superintend, pull off, monitor, oversee, negociate, grapple, carry off, bring off, make out, wield, get by, do, care, deal

   Antonyms:
   fail

5. wangle, finagle, manageverb

   achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

   Synonyms:
   superintend, misrepresent, fudge, make do, fake, supervise, contend, cope, wangle, handle, deal, manipulate, pull off, oversee, cook, falsify, negociate, grapple, carry off, bring off, make out, wield, get by, do, care, finagle

   Antonyms:
   fail

6. do, manageverb

   carry on or function

   "We could do with a little more help around here"

   Synonyms:
   perform, act, bring off, behave, get along, finagle, care, suffice, wield, fare, superintend, answer, supervise, make, grapple, arrange, pull off, deal, execute, cause, contend, do, coiffure, oversee, wangle, make out, practice, negociate, handle, exercise, serve, come, coiffe, cope, set, make do, get by, practise, coif, dress, carry off

   Antonyms:
   fail

7. wield, handle, manageverb

   handle effectively

   "The burglar wielded an axe"; "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"

   Synonyms:
   superintend, make out, wangle, make do, cope, contend, do by, supervise, finagle, handle, palm, plow, pull off, oversee, wield, grapple, cover, negociate, maintain, address, treat, carry off, bring off, exert, get by, do, care, deal

   Antonyms:
   fail

Matched Categories

1. • Achieve
   • Administer
   • Control
   • Manipulate

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1. manageverb

   Synonyms:
   conduct, direct, regulate, superintend, supervise, administer, carry on, have the charge of

2. manageverb

   Synonyms:
   rule (with address or artifice), control, govern, guide

3. manageverb

   Synonyms:
   wield, handle

4. manageverb

   Synonyms:
   manœuvre, concert measures, contrive ways, direct affairs, pull the wires or strings

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1. manageverb

   Synonyms:
   conduct, administer, supervise, manipulate, superintend, engineer, contrive, husband, economize

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1. List of paraphrases for "manage":

   managing, administer, management, handle, administers, manages, administering, administration, managed, gérer, run, deal, administrate, succeed, operate, govern, cope, managerial

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How to use manage in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   Politicians aren't going to find them because they have no clue. We will find them, we will get them out, it's feasible if you know how to manage. Politicians don't know how to manage.

2. Peter Drucker:

   Until we can manage TIME, we can manage nothing else.

3. Putt's Law:

   Technology is dominated by two types of people those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

4. Jayadeva de Silva:

   Human beings are not "resources"to be owned by some one.That would be slavery.Human beings do possess resources.We called those "Humantalents".One human being cannot manage another human being.We can only manage their unique talents to make this world a better place for every one

5. H.W. Mann:

   We either manage our thoughts & emotions or they manage us