Synonyms of managing

managing 1 of 3

adjective

as in overseeing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• overseeing
• controlling
• supervisory
• directing
• senior
• reigning
• high-level
• main
• ruling
• regnant
• officiating
• paramount
• major
• leading
• sovereign
• predominant
• lead
• commanding
• presiding
• first
• head
• chief
• principal
• prime
• predominate
• primary
• dominant
• premier
• supreme
• foremost
• top
• upper
• sovran
• superior
• uppermost
• ascendant
• high
• supereminent
• preeminent
• topmost
• ascendent
• grand
• upmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• less
• second
• lower
• last
• subordinate
• secondary
• lesser
• ancillary
• subsidiary
• inferior
• assisting
• lowly
• assistant
• junior
• under
• deputy
• coadjutor

managing

2 of 3

noun

as in saving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saving
• husbanding
• conservation
• conserving
• economy
• economizing
• thrift
• husbandry
• frugality
• pinching
• skimping
• providence
• scrimping
• tightness
• cheapness
• stinginess
• miserliness
• parsimony
• cheeseparing
• niggardliness
• tightfistedness
• penny-pinching
• closeness
• penuriousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• generosity
• bounty
• philanthropy
• liberality
• unselfishness
• largess
• extravagance
• largesse
• dissipation
• openhandedness
• lavishness
• squandering
• bountifulness
• openheartedness
• wastefulness
• improvidence
• prodigality

managing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of manage

1

as in handling

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handling
• addressing
• manipulating
• treating
• taking
• negotiating
• playing
• maneuvering
• fielding
• coping (with)
• hacking
• swinging
• grappling (with)
• contending (with)
• controlling
• coming to grips with
• pulling
• regulating
• having a grip on
• guiding
• engineering
• carrying out
• directing
• jockeying
• steering
• getting off
• carrying off
• finessing
• commanding
• micromanaging
• running
• responding (to)
• reacting (to)
• bringing off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fumbling
• mishandling
• bungling
• botching
• messing (up)
• goofing (up)
• muffing
• scamping
• lousing up
• foozling

2

as in supervising

to look after and make decisions about

managed a household and a business simultaneously

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervising
• overseeing
• operating
• controlling
• handling
• regulating
• conducting
• running
• governing
• administering
• keeping
• directing
• administrating
• guiding
• tending
• protecting
• superintending
• stewarding
• presiding (over)
• carrying on
• watching over
• overlooking
• leading
• watching
• steering
• safeguarding
• guarding
• piloting
• minding
• caring (for)
• micromanaging
• co-managing
• stage-managing
• comanaging
• codirecting
• co-directing

3

as in coping

to meet one's day-to-day needs

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coping
• doing
• surviving
• shifting
• getting along
• making ends meet
• affording
• getting on
• faring
• getting by
• making do
• making out
• making shift
• contriving
• scrounging
• fending for oneself
• scraping (by or through)
• carrying on
• squeezing
• lasting
• scraping (out)
• wresting
• eking out
• wringing
• swinging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• collapsing
• floundering
• declining
• falling short
• waning
• slumping
• fizzling
• giving up
• petering (out)