maneuvers
Calculated tactical moves
Maneuvers are planned movements requiring skill and coordination.
Military maneuvers are large-scale training exercises simulating combat conditions: The troops conducted maneuvers in the desert.
A driver maneuvers through traffic; a politician maneuvers for advantage.
The word implies calculated, often clever positioning—physical or strategic: Her maneuvers to secure the promotion were subtle but effective.
Deceptive mock attack
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- raidSudden armed incursion
- skirmishBrief, limited combat
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
sabotage · diversion · bluff · counteroffensive · evasion · positioning · gambit · stratagem
Repetitive training routines
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- simulationImitation of real processes
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- rehearsalPre-performance practice session
preparation · instruction · conditioning · scenarios · repetition · run-throughs · mock · exercises
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- assaultViolent offensive act
reconnaissance · patrol · formation · advance · retreat · sortie · deployment · counterattack
Deliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
ruse · charade · feint · bluff · disguise · sleight · artifice · manipulation
Controlling direction of movement
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
- dockingConnecting to a port
- navigationDetermining position and course
- turningAct of rotating
reversal · swerve · pivot · rotation · alignment · correction · adjustment · braking
Arranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
- positioningArranging in specific locations
calculation · anticipation · contingency · leverage · influence · chess · gamesmanship · brinkmanship
Skillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- skillfulnessCompetence from practice
technique · control · accuracy · timing · steadiness · delicacy · nimbleness · calibration
feint
Deceptive mock attack
infiltration · sabotage · diversion · bluff · counteroffensive · evasion · positioning · gambit · stratagem · ruse
drills
Repetitive training routines
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- simulationImitation of real processes
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
rehearsal · preparation · instruction · conditioning · scenarios · repetition · run-throughs · mock · exercises · formations
flanking
At the sides of
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
assault · reconnaissance · patrol · formation · advance · retreat · sortie · deployment · counterattack · defense
trickery
Deliberate deception or fraud
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
- guileSly, strategic dishonesty
- duplicityDeliberate misleading behavior
ploy · ruse · charade · feint · bluff · disguise · sleight · artifice · manipulation · misdirection
steering
Controlling direction of movement
- parkingLeaving a vehicle temporarily
- dockingConnecting to a port
- navigationDetermining position and course
turning · reversal · swerve · pivot · rotation · alignment · correction · adjustment · braking · acceleration
planning
Arranging for future events
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- negotiationDiscussion seeking mutual accord
positioning · calculation · anticipation · contingency · leverage · influence · chess · gamesmanship · brinkmanship · countermove
dexterity
Skillful hand coordination
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
skillfulness · technique · control · accuracy · timing · steadiness · delicacy · nimbleness · calibration · surgical
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- tacticscounter-attack, gambit, ambush, counterstrike, flanking
- flight trainingflight training, flight school, flight instructor, student pilot, solo flight
- combat skillsgrappling, striking, blocking, parrying, dodging
- military dutiesguard duty, sentry duty, patrol, combat duty, active duty
- military eventsparade, formation, muster, military ball, reveille
maneuversaccidents
Unintended harmful occurrences
mishaps · happenstance · flukes · coincidences · blunders
maneuversflailing
Uncontrolled limb movement
stumbles · stumbling · fumbles · lurching · clumsiness
maneuversdirectness
Quality of being straightforward
straightforwardness · honesty · candor · transparency · forthrightness
- 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
maneuver, maneuvering, outmaneuver, maneuvered, maneuverable, maneuverability, outmaneuvered, maneuverer, outmaneuvering