Synonyms for maneuver

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. maneuver, manoeuvre, simulated military operation(noun)

   a military training exercise

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

2. tactic, tactics, maneuver, manoeuvre(noun)

   a plan for attaining a particular goal

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

3. maneuver, manoeuvre, play(noun)

   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, 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 manoeuvre(noun)

   a move made to gain a tactical end

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

5. maneuver, manoeuvre, evasive action(verb)

   an action aimed at evading an opponent

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

6. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise(verb)

   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

   Synonyms:
   channelize, operate, transfer, taper, repoint, place, pass, show, head, target, lead, sharpen, 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, manoeuvre(verb)

   act in order to achieve a certain goal

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

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

8. manoeuver, maneuver, manoeuvre, operate(verb)

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

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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. maneuver(n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Manœuvre.] evolution, movement

2. maneuver(n.)

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

3. maneuver(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Manœuvre.] perform evolutions

4. maneuver(v. n.)

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. maneuver(n)

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

2. maneuver(v)

   Synonyms:
   scheme, finesse, plan

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. maneuver

   Synonyms:
   Manoeuvre

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How to use maneuver in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Wilson Shoffner:

   The idea is to reduce checkpoints and to consolidate onto strong points, so that not only does that strong point have the strength to defend itself, but so it also has a maneuver capability, so if there is a security situation in a nearby village or checkpoint, it's got enough combat power to overwhelm whatever the security threat is.

3. Synapse Chief Executive Justin Palmer:

   This is a calculated maneuver to invest more capital in U.S. real estate.

4. Asdrubal Oliveros:

   If you do not find a place for that crude quickly, the room for maneuver will shrink and imports will be affected.

5. Political Capital analyst Peter Kreko:

   Vona was the face of the very radical Jobbik and is now the face of a milder Jobbik. That is a difficult maneuver, a risky step that could cost the party its unity.

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