Dictionary Results for contrivance
1. contrivance - noun · a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Synonym(s): appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget Hypernym(s): device
2. contrivance - noun · the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem" Hypernym(s): invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design
3. contrivance - noun · an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" Synonym(s): stratagem, dodge Hypernym(s): scheme, strategy
4. contrivance - noun · an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" Hypernym(s): arrangement, organization, organisation, system
5. contrivance - noun · any improvised arrangement for temporary use Synonym(s): lash-up Hypernym(s): arrangement
6. contrivance - noun · the act of devising something Synonym(s): devisal Hypernym(s): invention
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