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Synonyms for manage

46 synonyms
1 antonym
4 meanings

verb

Most common

conduct administer oversee supervise treat cope manipulate contrive

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Supervise

supervise, control, oversee, administer, conduct, superintend, order, regulate, direct, maneuver US, manoeuvre UK, train, guide, preside, rule, officer, govern dated

2. Cope

cope, make do informal, get on, get by, work, treat, deal with, deal, contend, grapple, fare, make dated

3. Bring off

run, bring off, carry off, negociate

4. Handle

Other

do, contrive, manipulate, tend, finagle, transact, economize, economise UK, husband, engineer, wangle, wield dated, bewield rare

Antonyms

All antonyms of manage →

Definitions

v. 1
To direct or be in charge of.
Even though Jack is a novice, he manages his team with great success.
v. 2
To handle or control (a situation, job).
The government managed the inflation very poorly.
v. 3
To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
v. 4
To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.
He managed to climb the tower.

Related words

Word family: manageability manageable management manager man
Phrases: manage with manage down

Forms

Past participle: managed
e.g. managed → supervised, controlled, overseen, administered…

Example sentences

conduct Everyone of us is responsible for his own conduct.
administer I know how to administer injections.
oversee Maternity nurses, midwives and doctors oversee the birth.
supervise "Would you be willing to supervise this test?"
treat If you treat him fairly, he will be fair with you.
cope The police were unable to cope with such violence.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
manage		rising
conduct		steady
administer		falling
oversee		rising
supervise		falling
treat		rising

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

By length

2 letters: do¹
3 letters: run¹
4 letters: make¹, work¹, care¹, deal¹, rule¹, tend¹, cope¹, fare¹
5 letters: order², train¹, guide¹, treat¹, wield¹
6 letters: direct², handle², govern², wangle²
7 letters: control², officer³, husband², conduct², contend², oversee³, grapple², preside², finagle³, bewield
8 letters: engineer³, regulate³, maneuver³, transact², contrive²
9 letters: supervise³, manoeuvre, economize⁴, economise, negociate
10 letters: manipulate⁴, administer⁴
11 letters: superintend

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (order² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: gérer
Italiano: amministrare
Español: encargarse
Deutsch: verwalten
Català: gestionar