contrivance English

Meaning contrivance meaning

What does contrivance mean?

contrivance

— noun (= appliance) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

— noun the faculty of contriving; inventive skill his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem

— noun an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable

— noun an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track

— noun (= lash-up) any improvised arrangement for temporary use

— noun (= devisal) the act of devising something

Synonyms contrivance synonyms

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contrivance English » English

device

invention

plan

means

expedient

artifice

gadget

trick

stratagem

scheme

plot

inventiveness

dodge

contraption

appliance

ruse

devisal

apparatus

widget

subterfuge

resource

ploy

manoeuvre

machine

lash-up

instrument

gizmo

gismo

fabrication

deception

convenience

wile

whim

way

wangle

vagary

thought

thingummy

thing

tackle

system

subtlety

stunt

structure

storyline

sleight

shrewd

shift

set

ruff