Maneuver

//məˈnuvɚ//

Synonyms for "maneuver" (288 found)

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Strong matches (86)

Related words (144)

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Translations

156 translations across 38 languages.

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Arabic

3 entries
  • تَدْرِيب عَسْكَرِيّ noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • مُنَاوَرَة noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • مُنَاوَرَة noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)

Armenian

2 entries
  • զորավարժություն noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • մանևր noun (planned movement of troops)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вучэ́нні noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • мане́ўр noun (planned movement of troops)
  • мане́ўр noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • мане́ўры noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • мане́вра noun (planned movement of troops)
  • мане́вра noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • мане́ври noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • маньо́ври noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 機動 /机动 noun (planned movement of troops)
  • 演習 /演习 noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Czech

4 entries
  • cvičení noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manévr noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manévr noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manévry noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Danish

2 entries
  • manøvre noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • øvelse noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Dutch

4 entries
  • (veld)oefening noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manoeuvre noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manoeuvre noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • intrigeren verb ((intransitive) to intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • manovro noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manovro noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manovri verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Estonian

1 entries
  • manööver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)

Finnish

4 entries
  • liike noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manööveri noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manööveri noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • operaatio noun (planned movement of troops)

French

4 entries
  • exercice noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manœuvre noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manœuvre noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manœuvre noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)

Galician

4 entries
  • manobra noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manobra noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manipular verb ((intransitive) to intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme)
  • manobrar verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მანევრი noun (planned movement of troops)

German

4 entries
  • Manöver noun (planned movement of troops)
  • Manöver noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • Manöver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • Übung noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Greek

4 entries
  • ελιγμός noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • ελιγμός noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • μανούβρα noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • χειρισμός noun (a medical procedure)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • תִּמְרוֹן noun (planned movement of troops)
  • תִּמְרוּן noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • תַּרְגִּיל noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • תִּמְרֵן verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अभ्यास noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • hadgyakorlat noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • hadművelet noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manőver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manőverez verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • manuver noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manuver noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manuver noun (a medical procedure)
  • perasat noun (a medical procedure)

Italian

4 entries
  • esercitazione noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manovra noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manovra noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manovrare verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 機動 noun (planned movement of troops)
  • 演習 noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Korean

3 entries
  • 기동 noun (planned movement of troops)
  • 련습 noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • 연습 noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Latin

1 entries
  • dēcursiō noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • вежба noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • мане́вар noun (planned movement of troops)
  • мане́вар noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Malay

1 entries
  • olah gerak noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakatakataka verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • manøver noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manøver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • øvelse noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manøvrere verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Persian

2 entries
  • رزمایش noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • مانور noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)

Polish

4 entries
  • manewr noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manewr noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manewr noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • ćwiczenia noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • exercício noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manobra noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manobra noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manipular verb ((intransitive) to intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme)

Romanian

4 entries
  • exercițiu noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manevră noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manevră noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manevra verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Russian

4 entries
  • мане́вр noun (planned movement of troops)
  • мане́вр noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • мане́вры noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • манёвр noun (planned movement of troops)

Slovak

4 entries
  • cvičenie noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manéver noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manéver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • manévre noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Slovene

3 entries
  • manever noun (planned movement of troops)
  • manever noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • vaja noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Spanish

4 entries
  • ejercicio noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • maniobra noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • maniobra noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • maniobrar verb (to move carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position)

Swedish

4 entries
  • manöver noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • manöver noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • övning noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • intrigera verb ((intransitive) to intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • мане́вр noun (planned movement of troops)
  • мане́вр noun (a movement, often one performed with difficulty)
  • мане́ври noun (a large training exercise of military troops)
  • навча́ння noun (a large training exercise of military troops)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Should I perform the Heimlich Maneuver?

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This maneuver was improvised.

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Birds change the shape of their wings to turn and maneuver.

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Tom saved Mary's life by performing the Heimlich maneuver.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.