Synonyms of manages

manages

verb

present tense third-person singular of manage

1

as in manipulates

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manipulates
• handles
• addresses
• takes
• negotiates
• treats
• plays
• maneuvers
• contends (with)
• fields
• swings
• pulls
• grapples (with)
• comes to grips with
• copes (with)
• has a grip on
• regulates
• hacks
• controls
• engineers
• directs
• steers
• guides
• carries out
• finesses
• gets off
• carries off
• responds (to)
• micromanages
• runs
• commands
• reacts (to)
• jockeys
• brings off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• botches
• fumbles
• bungles
• mishandles
• messes (up)
• muffs
• goofs (up)
• scamps
• louses up
• foozles

2

as in supervises

to look after and make decisions about

managed a household and a business simultaneously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervises
• operates
• oversees
• handles
• regulates
• conducts
• controls
• runs
• governs
• tends
• administers
• directs
• keeps
• protects
• administrates
• guides
• overlooks
• superintends
• watches over
• leads
• carries on
• steers
• presides (over)
• watches
• stewards
• safeguards
• minds
• cares (for)
• pilots
• guards
• micromanages
• stage-manages
• comanages
• codirects

3

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs

it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copes
• does
• survives
• fares
• affords
• shifts
• makes do
• makes ends meet
• gets on
• gets along
• gets by
• makes shift
• contrives
• makes out
• scrounges
• fends for oneself
• lasts
• scrapes (by or through)
• carries on
• wrings
• squeezes
• wrests
• ekes out
• scrapes (out)
• swings

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• collapses
• falls short
• declines
• flounders
• wanes
• slumps
• fizzles
• gives up
• peters (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of manages

Researchers solved this issue by creating a dual processing technique that smooths the material surface and manages how the crystals form. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026

Fundo Setorial do Audiovisual (FSA) will provide the money for the $20 million incentive package as part of an agreement between RioFilm and the National Cinema Agency (Ancine), which manages FSA. — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

The other manages businesses across several jurisdictions and may need to attend a board meeting, meet an investor or visit a European subsidiary with only a few days’ notice. — Jean Francois Harvey, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Forgotten Island is another DreamWorks film, like The Wild Robot before it, that manages to entertain while saying something meaningful and relatable about childhood. — Parents, 25 Sep. 2026

This bill manages to interfere with college athletics at nearly every level. — Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Spokespeople for the White House and the Interior Department, which manages Ford’s Theatre, denied the report to MS NOW on Wednesday. — Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2026

Andra Bennett, a spokesperson for the city’s public events department, which manages the convention center, said the demolition of the center’s arena is the next phase in a project that has spanned two decades. — Emily Holshouser, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026

She was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 20 years ago and manages it with lifestyle changes and regular A1C testing. — Yolanda Harris, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026