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maneuver - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, tactic |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shuffle*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick, curveball, demarche, fancy footwork, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, plot, proceed, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work, go around, leave holding the bag, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military practice, operation |
| Synonyms: | battle, drill, evolution, exercise, measure, movement, parade, plan, procedure, proceeding, stratagem, tactics, deployment, war games |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct physically |
| Synonyms: | deploy, dispense, drive, exercise, guide, handle, manipulate, move, navigate, negotiate, pilot, ply, steer, swing, wield |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, aim for, be after, cast about for, look for, try for |
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
| Synonyms: | banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, apple polish, argue into, get around, get next to, hand a line, lay it on thick, make up to, play up to, rub the right way, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | bully, force, repel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | chicanery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, trickery |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheating, dishonesty, dodge, double-dealing*, duplicity, feint, fraud, gambit, hanky-panky*, intrigue, machination, maneuver, plot, ploy, ruse, skullduggery, sophistry, stratagem, subterfuge, chicane, deviousness, double-crossing, fourberie, furtiveness, sharp practice, surreptitiousness, underhandedness, wiles |
| Notes: | duplicity implies double-dealing while chicanery suggests trickery and wiliness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, truthfulness, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
| Synonyms: | angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle*, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, plot, rig*, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work, play games, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
| Synonyms: | contrivance, device, instrument, instrumentality, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, medium, method, recourse, refuge, resort, scheme, shift, stopgap, stratagem, substitute, gency |
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, adventure, attainment, coup, deed, do, effort, enterprise, escapade, feat, job, maneuver, performance, stroke, stunt, tour de force, venture |
| Main Entry: | exploit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take advantage of; misuse |
| Synonyms: | abuse, apply, bleed*, employ, exercise, finesse, fleece*, handle, jockey*, maneuver, manipulate, milk*, mine*, play*, skin*, soak*, stick*, use, utilize, work, avail oneself of, capitalize on, cash in on, get mileage out of, impose upon, make capital of, make use of, play on, profit by, profit from, put to use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gambit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, plot |
| Synonyms: | artifice, design, device, gimmick, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, trick, jig |
| Main Entry: | gimmick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrived object; scheme |
| Synonyms: | aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo*, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget*, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | direct, lead |
| Synonyms: | accompany, advise, attend, beacon*, chaperon, command, conduct, contrive, control, convoy, counsel, educate, engineer, escort, govern, handle, influence, instruct, manage, maneuver, marshal, navigate, oversee, pilot, regulate, route, rule, see, shepherd, show, spearhead*, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, teach, train, usher, coxswain, have a handle on, quarterback, show the way, trailblaze |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, mislead, neglect, misguide |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud, trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam*, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus*, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile, put-on |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inveigle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | entice, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | allure, bait, bamboozle, beguile, blandish, butter*, cajole, charm, coax, con*, decoy, egg on*, ensnare, entrap, honey*, hook, influence, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, oil*, persuade, seduce, snow*, soap*, string along*, stroke*, sweet talk*, tempt, toll, urge, wheedle, get around*, lay it on thick, lead on, overdo it, play up to, rope in, soften up, work over |
| Antonyms: | disgust, turn off, disenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | juggle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead, falsify; handle several things at once |
| Synonyms: | alter, beguile, betray, bluff, change, conjure, delude, disguise, doctor*, double-cross, fix, humbug*, maneuver, manipulate, misrepresent, modify, shuffle, take in, trim, illude, perform magic, prestidigitate, tamper with |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | move |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | progress, deed |
| Synonyms: | act, action, alteration, change, maneuver, measure, modification, motion, movement, ploy, procedure, proceeding, shift, step, stir, stirring, stratagem, stroke, turn, variation |
| Antonyms: | idleness, inaction, stagnation, inactivity, regression |
| Main Entry: | navigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide along route, often over water |
| Synonyms: | captain*, cross, cruise, direct, drive, handle, helm, journey, maneuver, operate, pilot, plan, plot, sail, skipper*, steer, voyage, head out for, lay the course, ride out |
| Antonyms: | get lost |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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