contrivance

contrivance is a 11-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
2. noun. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.
3. noun. the act of devising something

   Synonyms: devisal

4. noun. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job

   Synonyms: appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget

5. noun. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
6. noun. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill

   "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"

7. noun. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

   "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"

8. noun. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

   "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

   Synonyms: dodge, stratagem

Synonyms

devisal, appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget, dodge, stratagem

Common word forms

contrivances

Words from these letters

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