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| Main Entry: |
contrive
[kuhn-trahyv]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, hit upon, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, play games, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
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| Main Entry: | finesse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver, manipulate |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, bluff, exploit, finagle, jockey, operate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, rig, wangle |
| Antonyms: | bobble, mishandle |
| Main Entry: | machinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | maneuver, plot |
| Synonyms: | cogitate, collude, come up with, connive, conspire, contrive, design, devise, engineer, finagle, hatch, intrigue, invent, plan, play games, promote, pull strings, scheme, trump up, wangle |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | manage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, arrange, bring about, bring off, carry out, con*, contrive, cook*, cope with, deal with, doctor*, effect, engineer, execute, finagle, fix, jockey, plant*, play games, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam*, succeed, swing, upstage, wangle, work |
| Antonyms: | fail |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, go around, intrigue, jockey, leave holding the bag, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, play games, plot, proceed, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manipulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change to suit one's desire |
| Synonyms: | beguile, conduct, control, direct, engineer, exploit, finagle, finesse, guide, handle, influence, jockey, machinate, maneuver, massage, mold, negotiate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, push around, shape, steer, upstage, use |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | toy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play with |
| Synonyms: | amuse oneself, coquet, cosset, dally, dandle, fiddle, flirt, fool, fool around, jest, lead on, mess around, pet, play, play around, play games, sport, string along, tease, trifle, wanton |
| Antonyms: | work |
| Main Entry: | one-up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trump |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, bluff, exploit, finagle, finesse, jockey, maneuver, manipulate, operate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, rig, wangle |
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