Synonyms for Contrivance:

• n.

  •
  • expedient,
  • array.
  •
  • action,
  • tackle,
  • harness,
  • creation,
  • gear,
  • denouement,
  • content,
  • act,
  • material,
  • the credits.
  •
  • concern,
  • prank,
  • dirty tricks,
  • hoax.
  •
  • make.
  •achievement (noun)
  • encompassments.
  •appliance (noun)
  • appliance.
  •calculation (noun)
  • prudence,
  • Canniness,
  • thought.
  •cognition (noun)
  • contrivance.
  •contraption (noun)
  • rube goldberg devices.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • convenience,
  • stratagem,
  • devisal,
  • lash-up.
  •craft (noun)
  • dis ingenuities,
  • disingenuities,
  • cageynesses,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • wilinesses,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • dis-ingenuity.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deus ex machina (noun)
  • god the machine,
  • god in machine,
  • happy coincidences,
  • god machine,
  • divine interventions.
  •device (noun)
  • whatsits,
  • out-fit,
  • re sort,
  • re sorts,
  • re-sorts,
  • whatchamacallits,
  • out fit,
  • rube goldberg inventions,
  • re-sort,
  • out fits,
  • out-fits.
  •discovery (noun)
  • luck out,
  • finding,
  • Algorithms,
  • formula,
  • algorithm.
  •engine (noun)
  • putt putts,
  • puttputt,
  • whats under the hood,
  • putt putt,
  • trans-formers,
  • puttputts,
  • power trains,
  • what under the hood,
  • putt-putts,
  • trans former,
  • whats under hood,
  • what's under hood,
  • trans formers,
  • what under hood,
  • trans-former.
  •excogitation (noun)
  • excogitation,
  • formulations,
  • formulation.
  •expediency (noun)
  • makedo,
  • makedos,
  • make dos,
  • make-dos.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • band-aids,
  • bandaid,
  • re courses,
  • band aids,
  • bandaids,
  • re-course,
  • re-courses,
  • easy way outs,
  • re course.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency.
  •gadget (noun)
  • thingamajig,
  • instrument,
  • equipment,
  • apparatus,
  • whatsis,
  • gimcrack.
  •gizmo (noun)
  • mechanical devices.
  •instrument (noun)
  • facility,
  • utility,
  • gimmick.
  •intrigue (noun)
  • frameups,
  • frame ups,
  • little games,
  • frameup,
  • doubledealing.
  •machine (noun)
  • auto mobile,
  • auto-mobiles,
  • auto mobiles,
  • auto-mobile.
  •maneuver (noun)
  • fancy footworks,
  • curveballs.
  •mechanism (noun)
  • in-nards,
  • in nards.
  •plan (noun)
  • anticipation,
  • blueprint,
  • conception,
  • intention,
  • aim,
  • chart,
  • proposition,
  • design,
  • idea,
  • arrangement,
  • expectation,
  • premeditation,
  • coordination.
  •plan, fabrication (noun)
  • machination,
  • trick,
  • ruse.
  •plot (noun)
  • covins,
  • connivings.
  •product (noun)
  • byproduct,
  • synthetics,
  • artifact,
  • decoction,
  • After-math,
  • Artifacts,
  • decoctions.
  •resource (noun)
  • quickwittedness,
  • quick-wittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re-sourcefulness.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • trick of the trade,
  • game,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • wrinkle,
  • tactics,
  • trickery,
  • deception,
  • trap,
  • subterfuge,
  • feint,
  • pitfall.
  •thing (noun)
  • in-formation,
  • in formations,
  • in-formations,
  • in-dividual,
  • in dividual.
  •way (noun)
  • MODU.
  •wile (noun)
  • dissimulation,
  • schemings,
  • skullduggery,
  • chicanes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • clunker,
  • toy,
  • big beast,
  • longueur,
  • set piece,
  • filler,
  • scene,
  • subtitle,
  • postscript,
  • rig,
  • spoiler,
  • workhorse,
  • plant,
  • kit,
  • quotation,
  • automation,
  • quote,
  • technology,
  • subtext,
  • sound effects,
  • Accouterments,
  • backstory,
  • leaven,
  • comic relief,
  • black box,
  • sequence,
  • soliloquy.
  •
  • effect,
  • ending,
  • hardware,
  • title,
  • aside,
  • footage,
  • ad lib,
  • prologue,
  • speech,
  • embellishment,
  • setting,
  • wheel,
  • processor.
  •
  • installation,
  • L,
  • part,
  • unit.
  •
  • credit.
  •
  • score.
  •Other relevant words:
  • carry,
  • public toilet,
  • graphing,
  • restroom,
  • con trick,
  • channel,
  • motif,
  • evasion,
  • peripeteia,
  • characterization,
  • operations research,
  • gambit,
  • agent,
  • layout,
  • bring,
  • commit,
  • fitment,
  • doodah,
  • confidence trick,
  • figuring,
  • pawn,
  • beginning,
  • guideline,
  • shuffle,
  • Maneuvering,
  • servant,
  • improvisation,
  • dupe,
  • forethought,
  • wily,
  • medium,
  • necessity,
  • public lavatory,
  • intermediary,
  • originality,
  • comfort station,
  • cunning,
  • fixture,
  • administrate,
  • projection,
  • midwife,
  • resort,
  • mode,
  • appendage,
  • thingummy,
  • grift,
  • movement,
  • nostrum,
  • makeshift,
  • creature,
  • conveyance,
  • perpetrate,
  • realize,
  • effort,
  • product,
  • incident,
  • perform,
  • Schematism,
  • catastrophe,
  • originate,
  • avenue,
  • kink,
  • architecture,
  • fetch,
  • invent,
  • approach,
  • structure,
  • prearrangement,
  • cabal,
  • measure,
  • generation,
  • lineup,
  • mapping,
  • aid,
  • collusive,
  • Pis Aller,
  • hickey,
  • receipt,
  • scheming,
  • manufacture,
  • move,
  • Dingus,
  • weapon,
  • puppet,
  • instrumentality,
  • excuse,
  • enterprise,
  • theme,
  • wash room,
  • methodology,
  • get,
  • schema,
  • falling action,
  • collusion,
  • tactical plan,
  • angle,
  • plaything,
  • rationalization,
  • astute,
  • item,
  • supervise,
  • handmaid,
  • intermediate,
  • handmaiden,
  • strategic plan,
  • afford,
  • making do,
  • intermediation,
  • episode,
  • Contriving,
  • formation,
  • argument,
  • subplot,
  • manoeuvre,
  • manipulation,
  • systematization,
  • calculative,
  • recourse,
  • loophole,
  • thingmajig,
  • accessory,
  • scam,
  • mythos,
  • project,
  • sham,
  • system,
  • thingumabob,
  • double cross,
  • counterplot,
  • temporary expedient,
  • shrewd,
  • road,
  • course of action,
  • Wire-pulling,
  • stooge,
  • route,
  • hatching,
  • trump,
  • continuity,
  • jury-rig,
  • ad hoc measure,
  • Anagnorisis,
  • vehicle,
  • shake up,
  • foresight,
  • switch,
  • pretence,
  • begin,
  • administer,
  • Subreption,
  • master plan,
  • devious,
  • ruffle,
  • bestow,
  • story,
  • hand tool,
  • tactic,
  • create,
  • architectonics,
  • prevarication,
  • fable,
  • evolve,
  • execute,
  • working plan,
  • finesse,
  • make up,
  • line,
  • misrepresentation,
  • subject,
  • artful,
  • thingumajig,
  • blind,
  • sleight,
  • slant,
  • inflict,
  • solution,
  • chicanery,
  • red herring,
  • local color,
  • mediator,
  • Envisagement,
  • finagling,
  • fabrication,
  • method,
  • sly,
  • jugglery,
  • thingy,
  • fantasy,
  • rising action,
  • recognition,
  • achieve,
  • chicane,
  • WHOSIS,
  • artful dodge,
  • conspiracy,
  • schematization,
  • atmosphere,
  • con,
  • background,
  • Guidelines,
  • snare,
  • con game,
  • Gloze,
  • tone,
  • Plotting,
  • devising,
  • art,
  • alternative,
  • manage,
  • deliver,
  • coinage,
  • creativity,
  • substitute,
  • dummy,
  • swindle,
  • imagination,
  • course,
  • introduction,
  • setup,
  • fraud,
  • go-between,
  • Underplot,
  • accomplish,
  • entity,
  • attack,
  • procure,
  • picture,
  • Intermedium,
  • coup,
  • working hypothesis,
  • last expedient,
  • organ,
  • development,
  • topic,
  • program,
  • planning,
  • confederacy,
  • stroke,
  • knavery,
  • Pipelaying,
  • become,
  • wheeze,
  • color,
  • minion,
  • tricky,
  • blueprinting,
  • deceit,
  • wirepulling,
  • countermove,
  • crafty,
  • technique,
  • devise,
  • twist,
  • ancilla,
  • lever,
  • slave,
  • complot,
  • complication,
  • procedure,
  • direction,
  • last resort,
  • gubbins,
  • origination,
  • schedule,
  • racket,
  • step,
  • charting,
  • authorship,
  • Interagent,
  • strategy,
  • administration,
  • flimflam,
  • answer,
  • Rube Goldberg,
  • construct,
  • fitting,
  • jury-rigged expedient,
  • ad-lib,
  • disposition,
  • thingmabob,
  • engineering,
  • organization,
  • mintage,
  • complicity,
  • connivance,
  • mood,
  • agency,
  • power tool,
  • avail,
  • ground plan.

Paraphrases for Contrivance:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    invention.

Antonyms for Contrivance:

• n.

  • plan, fabrication
    ignorance, disorganization.
  • Other antonyms:
    candor, fairness, honesty, sincerity, artlessness, frankness, guilelessness, innocence, simplicity, facsimile, openness, truth, ingenuousness.

Homophones for Contrivance:

• center punch, centre of buoyancy, center of mass, centropomus, centre of mass, counterpunch, center of buoyancy.

Hyponym for Contrivance:

• n.

  • cognition
    conception, design, organisation, arrangement, excogitation, organization, system, innovation, invention.