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Synonyms of manoeuvre in English:

manoeuvre


See UK English definition of manoeuvre

verb

1‘I manoeuvred the car into a parking space’

SYNONYMS
steer, guide, drive, negotiate, navigate, pilot, direct, manipulate, move, work, jockey

2‘he had manoeuvred things to suit himself’

SYNONYMS
manipulate, contrive, manage, engineer, devise, plan, plot, fix, organize, arrange, set up, orchestrate, choreograph, stage-manage
informal wangle

3‘he began manoeuvring for the party leadership’

SYNONYMS
intrigue, plot, scheme, plan, lay plans, conspire, pull strings
North American pull wires
rare machinate

noun

1‘a tricky parking manoeuvre’

SYNONYMS
operation, exercise, activity, move, movement, action

2‘a series of diplomatic manoeuvres’

SYNONYMS
stratagem, tactic, gambit, ploy, trick, dodge, ruse, plan, scheme, operation, device, plot, machination, artifice, subterfuge, intrigue, palace intrigue, manipulation
démarche
informal wangle

3manoeuvres‘large-scale military manoeuvres’

SYNONYMS
training exercises, exercises, war games, operations