Synonyms for maneuver
noun
A movement, usually military
stratagem, movement, procedure; see plan 2, tactics.
A trick
trick, subterfuge, finesse, ruse; see trick 1.
Extensive practice in arms; plural
sham battle, imitation war, exercises, war games, summer maneuvers; see also drill 3, exercise 1, parade 1. See syn. study at trick.
verb
plot, scheme, machinate, intrigue, move, finesse, manage, contrive, design, devise, trick, cheat, conspire, shift, sham, proceed, angle for*, wangle into*; see also plan 1.
See maneuver in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A method of deploying troops and equipment in combat:
stratagem, tactic. See meansA calculated change in position:
evolution, move, movement, turn. See moveAn action calculated to achieve an end:
measure (often used in plural), move, procedure, step, tactic. See actionAn indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:
artifice, deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. (Informal) shenanigan, take-in. See honest, means
verb
To go or cause to go from one place to another:
move, remove, shift, transfer. See moveTo direct the course of carefully:
guide, jockey, navigate, pilot, steer. Idiom: back and fill. See control, moveTo take clever or cunning steps to achieve one's goals:
jockey. (Informal) finagle. Idiom: pull strings (or wires). See control, meansTo control to one's own advantage by artful or indirect means:
exploit, manipulate, play. See control, straight
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