100 Best Synonyms for “Manage”

No.	Item	Definition
1.	address	deal with directly
2.	admin	manage routine operations
3.	administer	manage officially or formally
4.	allocate	distribute and control resources
5.	arrange	organize or plan
6.	assign	give out as responsibility
7.	assume control of	take charge of
8.	attend to	deal with as needed
9.	balance	keep stable and controlled
10.	be in charge of	have responsibility for
11.	broker	arrange and manage negotiations
12.	budget	plan and control spending
13.	care for	look after responsibly
14.	command	exercise authority over
15.	conduct	organize and carry out
16.	contain	keep within limits
17.	control	direct or restrain effectively
18.	coordinate	organize parts to work together
19.	cope with	deal successfully with
20.	curb	keep under control
21.	deal with	handle or address
22.	delegate	entrust tasks to others
23.	deploy	position for effective use
24.	direct	guide operations or activities
25.	dispense	give out in portions
26.	distribute	hand out systematically
27.	enforce	make rules obeyed
28.	engineer	skillfully arrange or direct
29.	execute	carry out effectively
30.	exercise	use authority or control
31.	facilitate	make handling easier
32.	field	deal with incoming matters
33.	finesse	handle with subtle skill
34.	fix	deal with and correct
35.	govern	control or rule
36.	guide	direct the course of
37.	handle	deal with successfully
38.	head	lead or direct
39.	hold down	keep under control
40.	husband	use resources carefully
41.	implement	put into practical effect
42.	juggle	handle many things at once
43.	keep afloat	maintain in operation
44.	keep in hand	hold under control
45.	keep on top of	stay in control of
46.	keep order	maintain orderly control
47.	keep running	maintain operation successfully
48.	keep tabs on	monitor and oversee
49.	keep under control	prevent from getting unruly
50.	keep up	maintain successfully
51.	lead	guide or command
52.	look after	take responsibility for
53.	maintain	keep in proper condition
54.	manipulate	control skillfully or unfairly
55.	marshal	arrange and direct resources
56.	mediate	manage a dispute between
57.	meter	measure out carefully
58.	mind	look after or supervise
59.	moderate	keep within reasonable limits
60.	monitor	keep track and direct
61.	navigate	find a way through
62.	negotiate	manage a difficult passage
63.	nurse	care for attentively
64.	operate	direct the functioning of
65.	orchestrate	coordinate many parts skillfully
66.	organize	arrange systematically for efficiency
67.	oversee	watch over and direct
68.	pilot	guide through a process
69.	plan	organize in advance
70.	police	control and enforce rules
71.	preside over	be in authority over
72.	process	handle through a procedure
73.	pull off	manage to accomplish
74.	quarterback	direct operations strategically
75.	ration	control limited use
76.	rectify	put right effectively
77.	regulate	control by rules or adjustment
78.	rein in	control or limit
79.	remedy	correct or deal with
80.	resolve	settle or solve
81.	restrain	hold back or control
82.	run	be in charge of
83.	see to	attend to properly
84.	set up	organize and establish
85.	settle	deal with conclusively
86.	sort out	resolve and organize
87.	stay on top of	maintain control of
88.	steer	guide the direction of
89.	straighten out	put into proper order
90.	supervise	oversee work or people
91.	tackle	take on and handle
92.	take care of	deal with or handle
93.	take charge of	begin directing
94.	take over	assume control of
95.	tend	look after regularly
96.	triage	prioritize by urgency
97.	watch over	supervise and protect
98.	wield	exercise power over
99.	work through	deal with step by step
100.	wrangle	manage with difficulty or effort