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Synonyms for finagle

Most common

wangle manage

All synonyms

Verb

1. Wangle — to obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery

wangle, fainaigue UK, game slang

Other

manage

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.

    finagled his way out of a ticket by pretending to be on the way to a funeral, distraught

Related words

Word family
finagler
Other spellings
fenagle finangle phenagle

Forms

Past participle
finagled
e.g. finagled → wangled, fainaigued, gamed, managed…

Example sentences

  • wangle Watch me wangle an invitation out of her.
  • manage Tom took a class to learn how to manage his anger.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
finaglerising
wanglesteady
managerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
game1
6 letters
manage2, wangle2
9 letters
fainaigue

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (manage2 = 2 syllables).