managed

The word “managed” has 2 syllables: man-aged

It's pronounced as /ˈmæn.ɪdʒd/


What is synonym and antonym for managed?

In the thesaurus, “managed” has 120 synonyms and 53 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for managed along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for managed

  • addressed
  • administered
  • administrated
  • afforded
  • arranged
  • aware
  • brought off
  • came to grips with
  • carried off
  • carried on
  • carried out
  • co-directed
  • co-managed
  • coached
  • codirected
  • comanaged
  • commanded
  • compelled
  • conducted
  • conscious
  • constant
  • continuous
  • contrived
  • controlled
  • coped
  • counseled
  • deliberate
  • did
  • directed
  • dominated
  • driven
  • educated
  • eked out
  • engineered
  • established
  • even
  • fared
  • fended for oneself
  • fielded
  • finessed
  • fixed
  • got along
  • got by
  • got off
  • got on
  • governed
  • groomed
  • guarded
  • guided
  • hacked
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • influenced
  • instructed
  • jockeyed
  • kept
  • lasted
  • led
  • made do
  • made ends meet
  • made out
  • made shift
  • maneuvered
  • manipulated
  • mastered
  • methodic
  • methodical
  • micromanaged
  • minded
  • negotiated
  • nonrandom
  • operated
  • orchestrated
  • ordered
  • orderly
  • organized
  • overlooked
  • oversaw
  • persuaded
  • piloted
  • planned
  • played
  • primed
  • protected
  • pulled
  • purposeful
  • ran
  • regular
  • regulated
  • ruled
  • run
  • safeguarded
  • scrounged
  • set
  • shifted
  • squeezed
  • stable
  • stage-managed
  • steady
  • steered
  • stewarded
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • survived
  • swayed
  • swung
  • systematic
  • systematized
  • taught
  • tended
  • thoughtful
  • took
  • treated
  • urged
  • watched
  • watched over
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrested
  • wrung

Antonyms for managed

  • accidental
  • aimless
  • arbitrary
  • botched
  • bungled
  • casual
  • catch-as-catch-can
  • chance
  • chancy
  • collapsed
  • contingent
  • declined
  • desultory
  • erratic
  • failed
  • fell short
  • fizzled
  • floundered
  • flukey
  • fluky
  • foozled
  • fortuitous
  • free
  • fumbled
  • gave up
  • haphazard
  • helter-skelter
  • hit-or-miss
  • inadvertent
  • incidental
  • loused up
  • lucky
  • mishandled
  • muffed
  • random
  • scamped
  • scattered
  • scattershot
  • shotgun
  • slapdash
  • slumped
  • stray
  • unconsidered
  • undisciplined
  • uneducated
  • ungoverned
  • unintended
  • unintentional
  • unplanned
  • unpremeditated
  • unsupervised
  • waned
  • wild

Meanings of managed

  • verb
    1. To direct or be in charge of.
    2. To handle or control (a situation, job).
    3. To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
    4. To succeed at an attempt.
    5. To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
    6. To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
    7. To treat with care; to husband.
    8. To bring about; to contrive.

Example Sentences

  • She managed the event perfectly, despite the last-minute changes.
  • He managed to finish the project ahead of the deadline.
  • They managed the resources efficiently to avoid any shortages.
  • I’m amazed at how well he managed the entire team during the crisis.
  • They managed to find a solution after hours of brainstorming.

On this page you'll find 173 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to managed, such as: accidental, addressed, administered, administrated, afforded, aimless, arbitrary.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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babysat

  • administrated
  • attended
  • babied
  • chaperoned
  • conducted
  • controlled
  • directed
  • governed
  • guard
  • guarded
  • guided
  • managed
  • minded
  • mothered
  • operated
  • oversaw
  • patrolled
  • protected
  • ran
  • regulated
  • run
  • safeguarded
  • shepherded
  • shielded
  • sit
  • stewarded
  • superintended
  • supervised
  • take care
  • tend
  • tended
  • watch
  • watched

hacked

  • abided
  • abode
  • absorbed
  • accepted
  • acquiesced
  • addressed
  • afraid
  • aghast
  • all in
  • allowed
  • antsy
  • apprehensive
  • basket case
  • beat
  • bent
  • bent out of shape
  • beside oneself
  • bided
  • bleary
  • bode
  • boiling
  • bore
  • brooked
  • brought off
  • browned off
  • buffaloed
  • bugged
  • bummed out
  • burned out
  • burned up
  • butterflies
  • came to grips with
  • capitulated
  • careful
  • carried off
  • carried out
  • choked
  • clutched
  • commanded
  • concerned
  • controlled
  • corybantic
  • countenanced
  • crazed
  • dead
  • dead tired
  • demented
  • depleted
  • desperate
  • directed
  • disquieted
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dogged
  • dragging
  • dreading
  • effete
  • endured
  • engineered
  • enraged
  • exasperated
  • far-gone
  • fearful
  • fidgety
  • fielded
  • fierce
  • finessed
  • fit to be tied
  • foaming at the mouth
  • frantic
  • frenetic
  • frenzied
  • fretful
  • fuming
  • furious
  • got off
  • guided
  • had a grip on
  • handled
  • hopping mad
  • hot and bothered
  • huffy
  • hyper
  • in a state
  • in a tizzy
  • in a towering rage
  • in suspense
  • incensed
  • indignant
  • infuriated
  • insane
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irrational
  • jittery
  • jockeyed
  • jumpy
  • lived with
  • livid
  • mad
  • maddened
  • managed
  • maneuvered
  • maniac
  • manipulated
  • met
  • micromanaged
  • miffed
  • negotiated
  • nervous
  • nervy
  • overwrought
  • peeved
  • permitted
  • played
  • pocketed
  • pooped
  • pulled
  • rabid
  • rage
  • raging
  • ran
  • regulated
  • respected
  • restless
  • riled
  • rousted
  • rubbed the wrong way
  • run
  • scared
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shivery
  • shook-up
  • shot to pieces
  • smoking
  • solicitous
  • spent
  • spooked
  • steamed
  • steamed up
  • steered
  • stomached
  • stood
  • stood for
  • strung-out
  • stuck out
  • suffered
  • supported
  • sustained
  • swallowed
  • sweat out
  • sweated out
  • sweating bullets
  • swung
  • taut
  • tolerated
  • took
  • toughed it out
  • treated
  • troubled
  • uneasy
  • unglued
  • unquiet
  • unreasonable
  • up in arms
  • uptight
  • vehement
  • vicious
  • violent
  • washed-out
  • watchful
  • weary
  • went
  • wiped-out
  • wired
  • wore
  • worn-out
  • worried sick
  • wrathful
  • wreck

had a grip on

machinated

made do


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