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| 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: | 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: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme with someone |
| Synonyms: | cabal, cogitate, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up*, cooperate, devise, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, wangle, wire, be in cahoots, collogue, get in bed with, put out a contract, work something out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle*, hatch, intrigue, jockey*, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle, hit upon, play games |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, administer |
| Synonyms: | apply, carry out, command, direct, discharge, enforce, execute, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, manipulate, swing, undertake, wield |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guide, move carefully |
| Synonyms: | disentangle, edge, extricate, facilitate, handle, inch, induce, insert, join, loose, loosen, maneuver, relax, remove, right, slack, slacken, slide, slip, squeeze, steer, set right, untighten |
| Antonyms: | vex, make difficult |
| 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: | exercise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do repeatedly, especially to improve |
| Synonyms: | break, break in, condition, cultivate, develop, discipline, drill, dry run*, exert, fix, foster, groom, habituate, hone, improve, inure, labor, maneuver, ply, practice, prepare, put out, rehearse, run through, set, strain, teach, train, tune up, work, work out, lick into shape, limber up, loosen up, pump iron, put through grind, put through mill, walk through, warm up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dodge; beat around the bush |
| Synonyms: | avoid, baffle, cavil, duck, equivocate, evade, feint, foil, hedge, maneuver, outwit, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, shirk, sidestep, stonewall*, tergiversate |
| Antonyms: | face, meet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fix |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manipulate, influence an event |
| Synonyms: | bribe, buy, buy off, corrupt, fiddle*, have, lubricate, maneuver, reach, square, suborn, pull strings, tamper with |
| Antonyms: | play fair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fly |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take to the air, usually employing wings |
| Synonyms: | barnstorm*, buzz*, circle, climb, control, cross, dart, dash, dive, drift, fleet, flit, float, flutter, glide, hop, hover, hurry, jet, maneuver, mount, operate, pilot, reach, rush, sail, scud*, shoot, skim, skirt, soar, speed, swoop, take off, travel, whisk*, whiz*, wing*, zip*, zoom*, aviate, bend the throttle, circumnavigate, flat-hat, jet out, jet over, remain aloft, seagull, sky out, take a hop, take flight, take wing, whoosh, wing in |
| Antonyms: | land, walk, stay on ground |
* = 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: | handle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, take care of |
| Synonyms: | administer, advise, apply, bestow, command, conduct, control, direct, discuss, dispense, dominate, employ, exercise, exploit, govern, guide, hack it*, make out*, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play, ply, serve, steer, supervise, swing, take, treat, use, utilize, wield, work, behave toward, call the signals, cope with, cut the mustard, deal with, get a handle on, make the grade, run things |
| Antonyms: | disregard, mismanage, misuse, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intrigue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot |
| Synonyms: | angle, cogitate, collude, connive, conspire, contrive, cook up*, devise, finagle, machinate, maneuver, operate, plan, promote, scheme, set up*, be in cahoots, frame up, work hand in glove |
| Antonyms: | forget, neglect |
* = 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
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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