manipulations

The word “manipulations” has 5 syllables: ma-nip-u-la-tions

It's pronounced as /məˌnɪp.jəˈleɪ.ʃənz/


What is synonym and antonym for manipulations?

In the thesaurus, “manipulations” has 34 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for manipulations along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for manipulations

  • artifices
  • cabals
  • collusions
  • complicities
  • confederacies
  • connivances
  • conspiracies
  • conspirations
  • contrivances
  • counter-conspiracies
  • counterconspiracies
  • counterplots
  • cover-ups
  • designs
  • dodges
  • drafts
  • frame-ups
  • games
  • gimmicks
  • ground plans
  • intrigues
  • machinations
  • maneuvers
  • plots
  • programs
  • rackets
  • rings
  • schemes
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • subterfuges
  • systems
  • trickeries
  • tricks

Meanings of manipulations

  • noun
    1. The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated.
    2. The skillful use of the hands in, for example, chiropractic.
    3. The usage of underhanded influence over a person, event, or situation to gain a desired outcome.

Example Sentences

  • The report exposed several financial manipulations by the executives.
  • Her subtle manipulations eventually changed his mind.
  • Political manipulations were behind the sudden shift in policy.
  • The magician’s tricks involved clever manipulations of perception.
  • Their repeated manipulations of the truth damaged their credibility.

On this page you'll find 34 synonyms or another words to manipulations, such as: artifices, cabals, collusions, complicities, confederacies, connivances, conspiracies.

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

Related Words

machinations

  • amour
  • artifices
  • cabals
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • collusions
  • complicities
  • confederacies
  • connivances
  • conspiracies
  • conspirations
  • contrivances
  • counter-conspiracies
  • counterconspiracies
  • counterplots
  • cover-ups
  • dalliance
  • deception
  • designs
  • devilry
  • dirty pool
  • dodges
  • double-dealing
  • drafts
  • fling
  • flirtation
  • fooling around
  • fourberie
  • frame-ups
  • fraud
  • funny business
  • games
  • gimmicks
  • ground plans
  • hankie-pankie
  • hokey-pokey
  • intrigues
  • knavery
  • liaison
  • love affair
  • maneuvers
  • manipulations
  • mischief
  • monkey business
  • plots
  • programs
  • rackets
  • rings
  • romance
  • schemes
  • sexual activity
  • sharp practice
  • shenanigans
  • skullduggery
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • subterfuge
  • subterfuges
  • systems
  • trickeries
  • trickery
  • tricks

handlings

managements

schemes

  • aims
  • arrangements
  • artifices
  • blinds
  • blueprints
  • bluffs
  • brews
  • cabals
  • chicaneries
  • colludes
  • collusions
  • compasses
  • complicities
  • conceptions
  • concocts
  • confederacies
  • connivances
  • connives
  • conspiracies
  • conspirations
  • conspires
  • contrivances
  • contrives
  • counter-conspiracies
  • counter-strategies
  • counterconspiracies
  • counterplans
  • counterplots
  • counterstrategies
  • cover-ups
  • cozenages
  • crafts
  • crookeries
  • cunnings
  • deceptions
  • designs
  • devices
  • devises
  • diagrams
  • dodges
  • drafts
  • duperies
  • duplicities
  • end runs
  • engineers
  • fakeries
  • feints
  • fetches
  • flimflams
  • formulae
  • formulas
  • frame-ups
  • frames
  • frauds
  • fronts
  • gaffs
  • gambits
  • game plans
  • games
  • gimmicks
  • ground plans
  • hatches
  • hoaxes
  • ideas
  • intentions
  • intents
  • intrigues
  • jigs
  • jockeys
  • juggleries
  • juggles
  • knacks
  • layouts
  • lays out
  • legerdemains
  • machinates
  • machinations
  • maneuvers
  • manipulates
  • manipulations
  • maps
  • master plans
  • means
  • patterns
  • plans
  • platforms
  • plays
  • plots
  • ploys
  • policies
  • procedures
  • programs
  • projects
  • projets
  • proposals
  • protocols
  • purposes
  • puts up
  • rackets
  • recipes
  • rings
  • road maps
  • ruses
  • setups
  • shams
  • shapes
  • shenanigans
  • skulduggeries
  • skullduggeries
  • sleights
  • sleights of hand
  • smoke screens
  • specifications
  • specifics
  • stratagems
  • strategies
  • subterfuges
  • swindles
  • systems
  • tactics
  • techniques
  • trickeries
  • tricks
  • ways
  • wiles

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