maneuver
Calculated strategic action
Maneuver is a planned movement requiring skill or strategy.
Military maneuvers are tactical troop movements; a car maneuver might be a three-point turn.
The word extends to any clever action meant to gain advantage: a political maneuver, legal maneuvers to delay the trial.
To maneuver is to guide something skillfully through obstacles or to manipulate a situation: She maneuvered him into agreeing.
Also spelled manoeuvre in British English.
Deliberate act of deception
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- trickeryDeliberate deception or fraud
bluff · decoy · guile · diversion · sleight · charade · machination · artifice
Skillful hand coordination
- agilityQuickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
- acrobaticsSkilled physical feats
nimbleness · contortion · roll · twist · flip · sidestep · dodge · pivot
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- pincerGrasping claw organ
assault · infiltration · reconnaissance · evasion · retreat · advance · formation · deployment
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
- positioningArranging in specific locations
gambit · countermove · calculated · masterplan · contingency · foresight · campaign · operation
Subtle, deft handling
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- deftSkillful and quick
- adroitMentally or physically nimble
- dexterousPhysically skilled, agile
expert · calculated · masterful · nuanced · practiced · controlled · surgical · calibrated
Partisan boundary manipulation
- redistrictingRedrawing electoral boundaries
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
- backroomPrivate space for dealings
brinksmanship · horse-trading · quid-pro-quo · dealmaking · coalition · powerplay · positioning · circumvent
ruse
Deliberate act of deception
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- feintDeceptive mock attack
trickery · bluff · decoy · guile · diversion · sleight · charade · machination · artifice · stratagem
dexterity
Skillful hand coordination
- agilityQuickness and ease
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
acrobatics · nimbleness · contortion · roll · twist · flip · sidestep · dodge · pivot · somersault
flanking
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- feintDeceptive mock attack
pincer · assault · infiltration · reconnaissance · evasion · retreat · advance · formation · deployment · counterattack
planning
Arranging for future events
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- stratagemDeceptive plan for advantage
positioning · gambit · countermove · calculated · masterplan · contingency · foresight · campaign · operation · execution
finesse
Subtle, deft handling
dexterous · expert · calculated · masterful · nuanced · practiced · controlled · surgical · calibrated · measured
gerrymander
Partisan boundary manipulation
- redistrictingRedrawing electoral boundaries
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- filibusterDelaying tactic through speech
backroom · brinksmanship · horse-trading · quid-pro-quo · dealmaking · coalition · powerplay · positioning · circumvent · engineer
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- U-turnDirection-reversing driving maneuver
- overtakingGetting ahead of another
- reversingGoing in opposite direction
cornering · swerve · evasive · braking · navigating · merging · weaving · backing · fishtail · jackknife
helm
Vessel's steering mechanism
piloting · charting · heading · starboard · portside · waypoint · seafaring · nautical · steering · docking
- naval operationsfleet, admiral, patrol boats, commander, fleet command
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- drivingdrive, steering, driver, acceleration, motorist
- actionsrun, walk, jump, move, push
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- operationsoperation, operations, military operation, joint operation, workflow
maneuverneglect
Failure to provide care
inaction · passivity · stagnation · idleness · drift
maneuverstraightforwardness
Quality of being direct
directness · forthrightness · candor · transparency · openness
- military maneuversSimulated combat operations
- evasive maneuvers
- room for maneuverFreedom to adapt strategy
- army maneuversTactical field exercises
- combat maneuversPlanned battlefield actions
- Heimlich maneuverLifesaving anti-choking procedure
maneuvers, maneuvering, outmaneuver, maneuvered, maneuverable, maneuverability, outmaneuvered, maneuverer, outmaneuvering