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manages

verb , present tense third-person singular of manage

Synonyms and Antonyms of manages

1 to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

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

Synonyms of manages

addresses, contends (with), copes (with), fields, grapples (with), hacks, handles, maneuvers, manipulates, negotiates, plays, swings, takes, treats

Words Related to manages

engineers, finesses, jockeys

brings off, carries off, carries out, gets off, pulls

commands, directs, guides, steers

controls, micromanages, regulates, runs

reacts (to), responds (to)

Phrases Synonymous with manages

comes to grips with, has a grip on

Near Antonyms of manages

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

2 to look after and make decisions about

managed a household and a business simultaneously

Synonyms of manages

administers, administrates, carries on, conducts, controls, directs, governs, guides, handles, keeps, operates, overlooks, oversees, presides (over), regulates, runs, stewards, superintends, supervises, tends

Words Related to manages

cares (for), minds, watches

leads, pilots, steers

guards, protects, safeguards

micromanages, stage-manages

codirects, comanages

Phrases Synonymous with manages

watches over

3 to meet one's day-to-day needs

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

Synonyms of manages

copes, does, fares, gets along, gets by, gets on, makes out, shifts

Words Related to manages

carries on, contrives, scrapes (by or through), scrounges

lasts, survives

ekes out, scrapes (out), squeezes, wrests, wrings

affords, swings

Phrases Synonymous with manages

fends for oneself, makes do, makes ends meet, makes shift

Near Antonyms of manages

collapses, fails, falls short, fizzles, flounders

declines, peters (out), slumps, wanes

gives up

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