MANEUVERS Synonyms
There are 22 hypernyms of the word maneuvers. (close relations)
Definition of MANEUVERS
Best Alternative Words for MANEUVERS
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tactics | nounn | |||||||
noun • the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy • a plan for attaining a particular goal | ||||||||
devices | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • an inclination or desire; used in the plural in the phrase `left to your own devices' | ||||||||
operations | nounn | |||||||
noun • financial transactions at a brokerage; having to do with the execution of trades and keeping customer records | ||||||||
proceedings | nounn | |||||||
noun • (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked • a written account of what transpired at a meeting | ||||||||
steps | nounn | |||||||
noun • a flight of stairs or a flight of steps • the course along which a person has walked or is walking in | ||||||||
actions | nounn | |||||||
noun • something done (usually as opposed to something said) • the state of being active • a military engagement • a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) • the series of events that form a plot • the trait of being active and energetic and forceful • the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism • a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong • an act by a government body or supranational organization • the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field • In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges). verb • institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against • put in effect | ||||||||
approaches | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation • the act of drawing spatially closer to something • a way of entering or leaving • the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing • the event of one object coming closer to another • a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others • the temporal property of becoming nearer in time • a close approximation • a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green verb • move towards • come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character • begin to deal with • come near in time • make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | ||||||||
contrivances | nounn | |||||||
noun • a device or control that is very useful for a particular job • the faculty of contriving; inventive skill • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade • an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. • any improvised arrangement for temporary use • the act of devising something | ||||||||
courses | nounn | |||||||
noun • education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings • a connected series of events or actions or developments • general line of orientation • a mode of action • a line or route along which something travels or moves • a body of students who are taught together • part of a meal served at one time • (construction) a layer of masonry • facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport adverb • as might be expected verb • move swiftly through or over • move along, of liquids • hunt with hounds | ||||||||
expedients | nounn | |||||||
adjective • serving to promote your interest noun • a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one adjective satellite • appropriate to a purpose; practical | ||||||||
gambits | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker • a maneuver in a game or conversation • a chess move early in the game in which the player sacrifices minor pieces in order to obtain an advantageous position | ||||||||
machinations | nounn | |||||||
noun • a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends | ||||||||
measures | nounn | |||||||
noun • any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal • how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify • a statute in draft before it becomes law • the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule • a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated • (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse • musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats • measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements • a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance verb • determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of • express as a number or measure or quantity • have certain dimensions • evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | ||||||||
methods | nounn | |||||||
noun • a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps) • an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed | ||||||||
movements | nounn | |||||||
noun • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something • a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals • a major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata • a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end • an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object • a euphemism for defecation • a general tendency to change (as of opinion) • the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock) • the act of changing the location of something | ||||||||
moves | verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n | |||||||
noun • the act of deciding to do something • the act of changing your residence or place of business • a change of position that does not entail a change of location • the act of changing location from one place to another • (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game verb • change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically • cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense • move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion • change residence, affiliation, or place of employment • follow a procedure or take a course • be in a state of action • go or proceed from one point to another • perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) • have an emotional or cognitive impact upon • give an incentive for action • arouse sympathy or compassion in • dispose of by selling • progress by being changed • live one's life in a specified environment • have a turn; make one's move in a game • propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting | ||||||||
plans | nounn | |||||||
noun • a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished • an arrangement scheme • scale drawing of a structure verb • have the will and intention to carry out some action • make plans for something • make or work out a plan for; devise • make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form | ||||||||
plots | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) • a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation • the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc. • a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object verb • plan secretly, usually something illegal • make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed • make a plot of • devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet) | ||||||||
ploys | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker • a maneuver in a game or conversation | ||||||||
procedures | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particular course of action intended to achieve a result • a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work • a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program • a mode of conducting legal and parliamentary proceedings | ||||||||