Synonyms for maneuvering
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : muh-noo-ver |
| Phonetic Transcription : məˈnu vər |
Top 10 synonyms for maneuvering Other synonyms for the word maneuvering
- angle
- beguile
- cheat
- come up with
- con
- conspire
- contrive
- cook
- design
- devise
- dispense
- doctor
- drive
- engineer
- exercise
- fence
- finagle
- finesse
- go around
- guide
- intrigue
- leave holding the bag
- machinate
- manage
- move
- pilot
- play
- play games
- plot
- ply
- proceed
- pull strings
- push around
- put one over
- rig
- scam
- sham
- shift
- swing
- trick
- upstage
- wangle
- work
Définition of maneuvering
Origin :- 1777, from maneuver (n.), or else from French manœurvrer "work, work with one's hands; carry out, prepare" (12c.), from Medieval Latin manuoperare. Originally in a military sense. Figurative use from 1801. Related: Maneuvered; maneuvering.
- verb plan, scheme
- verb direct physically
- Maneuvering continues, but actual encounters have declined in frequency.
- Extract from : « The Outbreak of Peace » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- You are right, for there is nothing to be gained by maneuvering to throw them off the track.
- Extract from : « Adrift on the Pacific » by Edward S. Ellis
- The maneuvering continued, the cruiser drawing closer to the battleship.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- It obviously hadn't been operating while the ship was maneuvering into position.
- Extract from : « Pushbutton War » by Joseph P. Martino
- They were maneuvering and managing in every possible way to secure the final vote.
- Extract from : « Charles I » by Jacob Abbott
- Two consummate hunters were now maneuvering against each other.
- Extract from : « The Ranger » by Edward S. Ellis
- On this side of the plateau there was no place for the maneuvering of horses.
- Extract from : « The Mission of Janice Day » by Helen Beecher Long
- It was the Gizls who were maneuvering Superior as if it were a giant vehicle.
- Extract from : « And Then the Town Took Off » by Richard Wilson
- After some maneuvering about the yard he got her back to the nest, but not in it.
- Extract from : « Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 1 [January 1902] » by Various
- But he is trained only in simple evolutions when maneuvering in companies.
- Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
Antonyms for maneuvering
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