maneuverings
Calculated tactical shifts
Maneuverings are calculated movements or strategic actions, especially in competitive or political contexts.
The word often carries a slightly negative connotation of scheming or manipulation: The backroom maneuverings delayed the vote for weeks.
It can also describe physical navigation through obstacles: The maneuverings required to parallel park on that street are ridiculous.
Crafty and calculating
- machinationsCrafty scheming toward goals
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- plottingDevising a secret plan
subterfuge · ploy · ruse · cunning · calculating · artifice · duplicity · underhanded
Arranging for future events
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
calculation · foresight · logistics · alignment · execution · sequencing · timing · leverage
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- eludingEscaping or avoiding skillfully
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- deflectionChange in trajectory
circumvention · escape · weaving · slipping · ducking · feint · juking · diversion
At the sides of
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- feintDeceptive mock attack
guerrilla · counterattack · reconnaissance · infiltration · outflanking · repositioning · deployment · raid
Controlling direction of movement
- pilotingControlling a vehicle's course
- course correctionMid-journey directional fix
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- tackingAngled sailing maneuver
jibing · docking · parking · lane changes · reversing · turning · banking · trajectory
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- machinationsCrafty scheming toward goals
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
plotting · subterfuge · ploy · ruse · cunning · calculating · artifice · duplicity · underhanded · deception
planning
Arranging for future events
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- orchestrationScoring for instrumental ensemble
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
gameplan · calculation · foresight · logistics · alignment · execution · sequencing · timing · leverage · endgame
dodging
Avoiding by moving aside
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- eludingEscaping or avoiding skillfully
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
deflection · circumvention · escape · weaving · slipping · ducking · feint · juking · diversion · obfuscation
flanking
At the sides of
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
feint · guerrilla · counterattack · reconnaissance · infiltration · outflanking · repositioning · deployment · raid · skirmish
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- pilotingControlling a vehicle's course
- course correctionMid-journey directional fix
- positioningArranging in specific locations
tacking · jibing · docking · parking · lane changes · reversing · turning · banking · trajectory · approach
maneuveringsdirect action
Confrontational political tactics
straightforwardness · directness · candor · transparency · forthrightness
maneuveringsinaction
Deliberate nonmovement
stillness · passivity · inactivity · stasis · immobility
- political maneuveringStrategic power-seeking tactics
- tactical maneuveringCalculated movement for advantage