maneuver

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: ma=neu=ver

CIDE DICTIONARY

maneuver, n. [F. manœuvre, OF. manuevre, LL. manopera, lit., hand work, manual labor; L. manus hand + opera, fr. opus work. See Manual, Operate, and cf. Mainor, Manure.].

•  Management; dexterous movement; specif., a military or naval evolution, movement, or change of position.  [1913 Webster]
•  Management with address or artful design; adroit proceeding; stratagem.  [1913 Webster]

maneuver, v. i. [Cf. F. manœuvrer. See Maneuver, n.].

•  To perform a movement or movements in military or naval tactics; to make changes in position with the intention of getting an advantage in attack or defense.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make changes in one's approach to solving a problem, so as to achieve maximum advantage in a changing situation; -- used especially in competitive situations, as in politics, diplomacy, or sports.  [PJC]
•  To manage with address or art; to scheme.  [1913 Webster]

maneuver, v. t. 

 To change the positions of, as of troops of ships.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

maneuver, US var. of MANOEUVRE.

THESAURUS

maneuver

accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, act on, act upon, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adventure, amphibious operations, angle, answer, art, artful dodge, artifice, bank, be responsible for, bear a hand, beguile, blind, blow, bold, brew, cabal, call the signals, captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, chicanery, collude, combined operations, command, complot, concoct, conduct, connive, conspiracy, conspire, contrivance, contrive, control, convoy, cook up, countermine, countermove, counterplot, coup, courageous, course of action, crab, craft, cute trick, dauntless, deal with, dealings, deceit, deed, demarche, design, device, dip, direct, dispense, do something, do something about, dodge, doing, doings, drive, dry run, effort, endeavor, engineer, enterprise, execute a maneuver, expedient, exploit, fait accompli, fakement, fearless, feat, feather, feint, fetch, finagle, finesse, fishtail, fluid operations, frame, frame up, gambit, game, gerrymander, gest, get with it, gimmick, go, govern, grift, hand, handiwork, handle, hatch, hatch a plot, hatch up, head, head up, heave in together, improvisation, intrepid, intrigue, jig, job, jockey, jugglery, jury-rig, jury-rigged expedient, keep in formation, keep pointed, keep station, knavery, last expedient, last resort, last shift, lay a plot, lead, lead on, lift a finger, little game, logistics, loop, machinate, machination, maintain position, make go, make the rules, makeshift, manage, maneuvers, manful, manipulate, manipulation, mastermind, means, measure, military operations, minor operations, mission, move, movement, navigate, officer, operate, operation, operations, order, overseas operations, overt act, passage, perform on, performance, pilot, pis aller, plan, play, play games, plot, plow, ploy, ply, porpoise, practice, prescribe, procedure, proceed, proceed with, proceeding, production, pull out, pull strings, pull the strings, pull up, push down, quarterback, racket, red herring, regulate, res gestae, resort, resource, rig, roll, run, ruse, scheme, see to, shake-up, shift, sideslip, skid, skipper, sleight, solution, spin, spiral, staff work, steam in line, steer, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, strike a blow, stroke, stroke of policy, stunt, subterfuge, swing, tactic, take a hand, take action, take care of, take command, take measures, take steps, take the lead, temporary expedient, thing, thing done, tour de force, transaction, trick, trickery, trump, turn, unafraid, undaunted, undertaking, undulate, valiant, valorous, wangle, war game, war plans, wield, wile, wily device, work, working hypothesis, working proposition, works, yaw

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maneuver

Action

N action, performance, doing perpetration, exercise, excitation, movement, operation, evolution, work, labor, praxis, execution, procedure, handicraft, business, agency, deed, act, overt act, stitch, touch, gest transaction, job, doings, dealings, proceeding, measure, step, maneuver, bout, passage, move, stroke, blow, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, tour de force, feat, exploit, achievement, handiwork, workmanship, manufacture, stroke of policy, actor, doing, acting, in action, in harness, on duty, in operation, in the act, in the midst of, in the thick of, red-handed, in flagrante delicto, while one's hand is in, action is eloquence, actions speak louder than words, actum aiunt ne agas, awake, arise, or be forever fall'n, dii pia facta vident, faire sans dire, fare fac, fronte capillata post est occasio calva, our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts, the great end of life is not knowledge but action, thought is the soul of act, vivre-ce nest pas respirer c'est agir, we live in deeds not years.

Cunning

N cunning, craft, cunningness, craftiness, subtlety, artificiality, maneuvering, temporization, circumvention, chicane, chicanery, sharp practice, knavery, jugglery, concealment, guile, doubling, duplicity, foul play, diplomacy, politics, Machiavelism, jobbery, backstairs influence, art, artifice, device, machination, plot, maneuver, stratagem, dodge, sidestep, artful dodge, wile, trick, trickery, ruse, ruse de guerre, finesse, side blow, thin end of the wedge, shift, go by, subterfuge, evasion, white lie, juggle, tour de force, tricks of the trade, tricks upon travelers, espieglerie, net, trap, Ulysses, Machiavel, sly boots, fox, reynard, Scotchman, Jew, Yankee, intriguer, intrigant, floater, Indian giver, keener, repeater, cunning, crafty, artful, skillful, subtle, feline, vulpine, cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent, deep, deep laid, profound, designing, contriving, intriguing, strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving, artificial, tricky, tricksy, wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy, underhand, subdolous, deceitful, slippery as an eel, evasive, crooked, arch, pawky, shrewd, acute, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle, canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff, tactful, diplomatic, politic, polite, cunningly, slyly, slily, on the sly, by a side wind, diamond cut diamond, a' bis ou a blanc, fin contre fin, something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

VB be cunning, have cut one's eyeteeth, contrive, live by one's wits, maneuver, intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon, overreach, throw off one's guard, surprise, snatch a verdict, waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge, play a deep game, play tricks with, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, flatter, make things pleasant, have an ax to grind, dodge, sidestep, bob and weave.