manage

manage is a 6-letter English word with 14 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 14 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.
2. noun. To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.
3. noun. Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.
4. noun. To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
5. noun. To treat with care; to husband.
6. noun. To bring about; to contrive.
7. intransitive verb. To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.
8. verb. handle effectively

   "The burglar wielded an axe"

   "The young violinist didn't manage her bow very well"

   Synonyms: handle, wield

9. verb. be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

   "I can deal with this crew of workers"

   "This blender can't handle nuts"

   Synonyms: care, deal, handle

10. verb. watch and direct

    "Who is overseeing this project?"

    Synonyms: oversee, superintend, supervise

11. verb. be successful; achieve a goal

    "She succeeded in persuading us all"

    "I managed to carry the box upstairs"

    Synonyms: negociate

12. verb. carry on or function

    "We could do with a little more help around here"

    Synonyms: do

13. verb. achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods

    Synonyms: finagle, wangle

14. verb. come to terms with

    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"

    "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

    Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, grapple

Synonyms

handle, wield, care, deal, oversee, superintend, supervise, negociate, do, finagle, wangle, contend, cope, grapple

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in manage:

agname

Common word forms

managed, manager, manages, managing, manageable, manageless, management

Words from these letters

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