Conduct
Conduct verb - To look after and make decisions about.
Usage example: the company's president continues to conduct the everyday affairs of the software firm he founded many years ago
Handle is a synonym for conduct in hold topic. In some cases you can use "Handle" instead a verb "Conduct", when it comes to topics like manage, administer, carry out.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar conduct | similar handle |
| current | current conduct | current handle |
| actual | actual conduct | actual handle |
| intense | intense conduct | intense handle |
| Other adjectives: new, professional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The Founders need a corps of middle men to handle the Jem'Hadar and to conduct diplomatic relations.
Source: Middle Management Mook -
They aren't open world games, but they also aren't far off from how many table top RPGs conduct themselves (you can't really wander away or completely ignore the overall mission, but how you handle yourself and act does impact the mission further down).
Source: RPG Elements
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Handle and Conduct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conduct/handle
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