See maneuver in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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, meansTo 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, straightLearn more about maneuver