manages

Keeps things going

Manages means to handle, direct, or cope with something.

A person manages a business, a team, or a household.

To manage is also to succeed despite difficulty: I managed to finish on time, Can you manage the stairs?

The word suggests competence and control—getting things done, even when resources or circumstances are limited.

supervises

oversees

Directs and monitors

directsCommands or guides
coordinatesLocation-specifying number pairs
monitorsTracks or displays

supervises · administers · stewards · guides · leads · delegates · assigns · reviews · evaluates · mentors

accomplishes

succeeds

Accomplishes a goal

achievesSucceeds in doing
completesBrings to an end
executesCarries out fully

pulls off · finishes · delivers · attains · performs · realizes · engineers · arranges · contrives · secures

copes

handles

Grasping parts or manages

survivesRemains alive despite hardship
enduresContinues despite hardship
navigatesDirects movement toward destination

struggles · perseveres · tolerates · bears · weathers · muddles · scrapes · gets by · makes do · juggles

controls

regulates

Controls by rules

restrainsHolds back or controls
containsHolds within itself
handlesGrasping parts or manages

governs · enforces · disciplines · commands · manipulates · steers · dominates · subdues · curbs · checks

Categories

deals withhandles, addresses, tackles, copes, confronts
takes chargecontrols, directs, leads, commands, oversees
takes onadopts, assumes, accepts, undertakes, shoulders
groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
successsuccess, succeeds, achievement, wins, triumph

Opposites

success/competence in handling

managesfails

Does not succeed

bungles · botches · mishandles · fumbles · flubs

control/oversight

managesobeys

Follows commands given

follows · submits · defers · answers to · neglects

capability/agency

managesstruggles

Difficult prolonged efforts

flounders · founders · succumbs · collapses · breaks down

Phrases

project managersLeaders of organized initiatives
general managerOverall operations supervisor
time managementPlanning how hours are spent
management trainingEducation for supervisors
anger managementControlling hostile emotions
wealth managerProfessional handling affluent portfolios

Family

manage, manager, management, managed, managing, manageable, managers, mismanage, unmanageable

Familiarity: Top 10,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G