outmanoeuvring
Beating through cunning
Outmanoeuvring is gaining advantage over an opponent through superior strategy or positioning.
The word implies cleverness rather than brute force—winning by being smarter, not stronger: The smaller company kept outmanoeuvring its rivals in the market.
Common in military, political, and business contexts.
The spelling is British; Americans write outmaneuvering.
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
- astutenessShrewd perceptiveness
cleverness · ingenuity · resourcefulness · quick-wittedness · acumen · slyness · subterfuge · scheming
Defeating an opponent
- successFavorable outcome attained
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- masterstrokeSupremely skillful action
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
achievement · feat · ascendancy · upper-hand · winning · overcoming · prevailing · outdoing
Methods to achieve goals
- planningArranging for future events
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- flankingAt the sides of
- feintDeceptive mock attack
counterattack · anticipation · calculation · foresight · adaptation · encirclement · diversion · reconnaissance
Those who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- contendersThose seeking to win
- challengersThose who compete against
head-to-head · contest · matchup · duel · race · confrontation · showdown · face-off
guile
Sly, strategic dishonesty
- shrewdnessKeen practical judgment
- craftinessShrewd, devious cleverness
- wilinessShrewd deceptive cleverness
astuteness · cleverness · ingenuity · resourcefulness · quick-wittedness · acumen · slyness · subterfuge · scheming · machination
victory
Defeating an opponent
- successFavorable outcome attained
- conquestDefeating and seizing control
- masterstrokeSupremely skillful action
coup · achievement · feat · ascendancy · upper-hand · winning · overcoming · prevailing · outdoing · outwitting
tactics
Methods to achieve goals
- planningArranging for future events
- positioningArranging in specific locations
- flankingAt the sides of
feint · counterattack · anticipation · calculation · foresight · adaptation · encirclement · diversion · reconnaissance · misdirection
rivals
Those who compete
- opponentsThose who compete against
- adversariesThose who oppose you
- contendersThose seeking to win
challengers · head-to-head · contest · matchup · duel · race · confrontation · showdown · face-off · one-upmanship
outmanoeuvringoverpowering
Too intense to withstand
brute force · brute-forcing · overwhelming · steamrolling · bludgeoning
outmanoeuvringsurrendering
Ceasing to resist
capitulating · yielding · submitting · retreating · conceding
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