contrivance

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contrivance Definition

• (n) a device that is very useful for a particular job
• (n) the faculty of contriving; inventive skill; "his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
• (n) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
• (n) an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.; "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
• (n) any improvised arrangement for temporary use
• (n) the act of devising something

contrivance Synonyms

• appliance
• contraption
• contrivance
• convenience
• devisal
• dodge
• gadget
• gismo
• gizmo
• lash-up
• stratagem
• widget