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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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:
   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, 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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Martin Potter:

   I don't even know what you'd call that maneuver, that's just freakish ability.

2. Consumer Union Schwantes:

   The organization noted that nearly 50,000 consumers joined an online petition last month favoring the FCC's privacy rules. And in a nationally representative CR Consumer Voices Survey, 65 percent of Americans said they were either slightly or not at all confident that their personal data is private and not distributed without their knowledge. Florida Sen. Bill Nelson before the vote on Wednesday said the rules put American consumers — each one of us who pay these monthly fees for their broadband service — in the driver's seat of how our personal data is used and shared. Is that too much to ask ? I don't think so. The resolution will still have to pass the House of Representatives, which it is likely to do, and then be signed by President Trump. ISPs have been under the FCC's jurisdiction only since 2015, when they werereclassified as public utilitiesunder something called Title II of the Communications Act. Meantime, web-based companies such as Amazon and Google are regulated by the Federal Trade Commission( FTC), and face less stringent requirements. Republican legislators and lobbyists from cable, telecom, and advertising industries say that difference in regulation is unfair. Sen. John Thune( R-SD) said Wednesday that the FCC had unfairly distorted the marketplace when it imposed unnecessarily onerous privacy restrictions on broadband providers while leaving the rest of the internet under the strong and successful regime at the FTC. The federal government could move authority over ISPs back to the FCC. However, that would be a complex process, and one not favored by advocacy groups, including Consumers Union. Any fondness for the FTC’s approach to privacy is merely support for dramatically weaker privacy protections favored by most corporations, the organization wrote in a letter to senators earlier this week. There is no question that consumers favor the FCC’s current broadband privacy rules. The measure passed by a 50-48 vote along party lines The Senate Thursday. To roll back the rules, Republican senators employed a legislative maneuver that prevents the FCC from adopting ‘ similar ’ rules, even far weaker ones, to protect internet users in the future.

3. Synapse Chief Executive Justin Palmer:

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

4. Lloyd Austin:

   We’re training and equipping several brigades of mechanized infantry — that’s a pretty substantial capability, in addition to that, additional artillery, and so they’ll have the ability to breach Russian defenses and maneuver, and I think that will create a different dynamic.

5. Melissa Hanham:

   The Trump administration keeps downplaying these missiles because they are not ICBMs, but even though they can't reach the U.S. mainland, it's missiles like these that will start the war, they are small, easy to hide, easy to maneuver and you can't tell what kind of warhead they are carrying. They could carry a nuclear weapon.