Synonyms for Contrive:

v.
• affect
- aspired to
- aspires to
- did a bit
- did bit
- didst a bit
- didst bit
- do bit
- does a bit
- does bit
- doest a bit
- doest bit
- doeth a bit
- doeth bit
- doing a bit
- doing bit
- dost a bit
- dost bit
- doth a bit
- doth bit
- laid it on thick
- laid it thick
- laid thick
- lay it thick
- lay thick
- laying it thick
- laying on thick
- laying thick
- lays it on thick
- lays it thick
- lays on thick
- lays thick
- made out like
- makes out like
- making out like
- put a front
- put front
- put up front
- puts a front
- puts front
- puts up a front
- puts up front
- putting a front
- putting front
- putting up a front
- putting up front
• angle for
- aimed for
- aiming for
- aims for
- am after
- are after
- art after
- being after
- casting about for
- casting for
- casts about for
- casts for
- in vite
- in-vite
- is after
- tried for
- tries for
- trying for
- was after
- wast after
- were after
- wert after
• arrange
- came terms
- came to terms
- come terms
- comes terms
- comes to terms
- coming terms
- gat act together
- gat ready
- gets act together
- gets ready
- getting act together
- got act together
- gotten act together
- gotten ready
- hammered out a deal
- hammered out deal
- hammering out a deal
- hammering out deal
- hammers out a deal
- hammers out deal
- lays out
- made a connection
- made connection
- make connection
- makes a connection
- makes connection
- makes ready
- making a connection
- making connection
- mapped out
- maps out
- pro mote
- pro motes
- pro moting
- pro vide
- pro vided
- pro vides
- pro viding
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- pro-vide
- pro-vided
- pro-vides
- pro-viding
- pull wire
- pulled a wire
- pulled things together
- pulling a wire
- pulling things together
- pulling wire
- pulls a wire
- pulls things together
- pulls wire
- quarterbacked
- re solve
- re solves
- re-solve
- re-solved
- re-solves
- re-solving
- sets stage
- setting stage
- shaped up
- shapes up
- shaping up
- worked out a deal
- worked out deal
- working out a deal
- working out deal
- works out a deal
- works out deal
- wrought out a deal
- wrought out deal
• assemble
- pieces together
- pro duce
- pro duces
- pro-duce
- pro-duces
• brew
- ex cite
- ex cited
- ex cites
- ex citing
- ex-cite
- ex-cited
- ex-cites
• build
- fits together
- jerry build
- jerry builds
- jerry built
- jerry-builds
- jerrybuilding
- jerrybuilds
- knocking together
- knocks together
- pre fabricate
- pre fabricated
- pre fabricates
- pre fabricating
- pre-fabricate
- pre-fabricated
- pre-fabricates
- pre-fabricating
- prefabricates
- prefabricating
- re construct
- re constructed
- re constructing
- re constructs
- re-construct
- re-constructed
- re-constructing
- re-constructs
- superstructed
- superstructing
- superstructs
- threw together
- throwing together
- throws together
• coin
- headed trip
- heading trip
- heads trip
- made off the top head
- made off the top of head
- made off the top of one head
- made off the top of one's head
- made off the top of ones head
- made off the top one head
- made off the top one's head
- made off the top ones head
- made off top head
- made off top of head
- made off top of one head
- made off top of one's head
- made off top of ones head
- made off top one head
- made off top one's head
- made off top ones head
- made the top head
- made the top of head
- made the top of one head
- made the top of one's head
- made the top of ones head
- made the top one head
- made the top one's head
- made the top ones head
- made top head
- made top of head
- made top of one head
- made top of one's head
- made top of ones head
- made top one head
- made top one's head
- made top ones head
- made up off the top head
- made up off the top of head
- made up off the top of one head
- made up off the top of one's head
- made up off the top of ones head
- made up off the top one head
- made up off the top one's head
- made up off the top ones head
- made up off top head
- made up off top of head
- made up off top of one head
- made up off top of one's head
- made up off top of ones head
- made up off top one head
- made up off top one's head
- made up off top ones head
- made up the top head
- made up the top of head
- made up the top of one head
- made up the top of one's head
- made up the top of ones head
- made up the top one head
- made up the top one's head
- made up the top ones head
- made up top head
- made up top of head
- made up top of one head
- made up top of one's head
- made up top of ones head
- made up top one head
- made up top one's head
- made up top ones head
- make off the top head
- make off the top of head
- make off the top of one head
- make off the top of one's head
- make off the top of ones head
- make off the top one head
- make off the top one's head
- make off the top ones head
- make off top head
- make off top of head
- make off top of one head
- make off top of one's head
- make off top of ones head
- make off top one head
- make off top one's head
- make off top ones head
- make the top head
- make the top of head
- make the top of one head
- make the top of one's head
- make the top of ones head
- make the top one head
- make the top one's head
- make the top ones head
- make top head
- make top of head
- make top of one head
- make top of one's head
- make top of ones head
- make top one head
- make top one's head
- make top ones head
- make up off the top head
- make up off the top of head
- make up off the top of one head
- make up off the top of ones head
- make up off the top one head
- make up off the top one's head
- make up off the top ones head
- make up off top head
- make up off top of head
- make up off top of one head
- make up off top of ones head
- make up off top one head
- make up off top one's head
- make up off top ones head
- make up the top head
- make up the top of head
- make up the top of one head
- make up the top of one's head
- make up the top of ones head
- make up the top one head
- make up the top one's head
- make up the top ones head
- make up top head
- make up top of head
- make up top of one head
- make up top of one's head
- make up top of ones head
- make up top one head
- make up top one's head
- make up top ones head
- makes off the top head
- makes off the top of head
- makes off the top of one head
- makes off the top of one's head
- makes off the top of ones head
- makes off the top one head
- makes off the top one's head
- makes off the top ones head
- makes off top head
- makes off top of head
- makes off top of one head
- makes off top of one's head
- makes off top of ones head
- makes off top one head
- makes off top one's head
- makes off top ones head
- makes the top head
- makes the top of head
- makes the top of one head
- makes the top of one's head
- makes the top of ones head
- makes the top one head
- makes the top one's head
- makes the top ones head
- makes top head
- makes top of head
- makes top of one head
- makes top of one's head
- makes top of ones head
- makes top one head
- makes top one's head
- makes top ones head
- makes up off the top head
- makes up off the top of head
- makes up off the top of one head
- makes up off the top of one's head
- makes up off the top of ones head
- makes up off the top one head
- makes up off the top one's head
- makes up off the top ones head
- makes up off top head
- makes up off top of head
- makes up off top of one head
- makes up off top of one's head
- makes up off top of ones head
- makes up off top one head
- makes up off top one's head
- makes up off top ones head
- makes up the top head
- makes up the top of head
- makes up the top of one head
- makes up the top of one's head
- makes up the top of ones head
- makes up the top one head
- makes up the top one's head
- makes up the top ones head
- makes up top head
- makes up top of head
- makes up top of one head
- makes up top of one's head
- makes up top of ones head
- makes up top one head
- makes up top one's head
- makes up top ones head
- making off the top head
- making off the top of head
- making off the top of one head
- making off the top of one's head
- making off the top of ones head
- making off the top one head
- making off the top one's head
- making off the top ones head
- making off top head
- making off top of head
- making off top of one head
- making off top of one's head
- making off top of ones head
- making off top one head
- making off top one's head
- making off top ones head
- making the top head
- making the top of head
- making the top of one head
- making the top of one's head
- making the top of ones head
- making the top one head
- making the top one's head
- making the top ones head
- making top head
- making top of head
- making top of one head
- making top of one's head
- making top of ones head
- making top one head
- making top one's head
- making top ones head
- making up off the top head
- making up off the top of head
- making up off the top of one head
- making up off the top of one's head
- making up off the top of ones head
- making up off the top one head
- making up off the top one's head
- making up off the top ones head
- making up off top head
- making up off top of head
- making up off top of one head
- making up off top of one's head
- making up off top of ones head
- making up off top one head
- making up off top one's head
- making up off top ones head
- making up the top head
- making up the top of head
- making up the top of one head
- making up the top of one's head
- making up the top of ones head
- making up the top one head
- making up the top one's head
- making up the top ones head
- making up top head
- making up top of head
- making up top of one head
- making up top of one's head
- making up top of ones head
- making up top one head
- making up top one's head
- making up top ones head
- spitballed
- spitballing
- thinking up
- thinks up
- trumping up
- trumps up
• compose
- Poetized
- Poetizing
- banged out
- banging out
- bangs out
- cleffed
- cleffing
- coin phrase
- coined a phrase
- coined phrase
- coining a phrase
- coining phrase
- coins a phrase
- coins phrase
- comped
- comping
- fudged together
- fudges together
- fudging together
- in dite
- in dites
- in-dite
- in-dites
- notes down
- noting down
- poetizes
- pushed pencil
- pushes pencil
- pushing pencil
- put pen paper
- puts pen paper
- puts pen to paper
- putting pen paper
- putting pen to paper
- sets type
- setting type
• conceive
- becomes pregnant
- de picture
- de pictured
- de pictures
- de picturing
- de-picture
- de-pictured
- de-pictures
- de-picturing
• concoct
- pre fab
- prefabbed
- prefabbing
- slapped together
- slapping together
- slaps together
• conjure up
- produced as by magic
- produces as by magic
- producing as by magic
- re call
- re calling
- re calls
- re collect
- re collected
- re collecting
- re collects
- re member
- re membered
- re members
- re view
- re viewed
- re viewing
- re views
- re-call
- re-called
- re-calling
- re-calls
- re-collected
- re-collecting
- re-collects
- re-member
- re-membered
- re-members
- re-view
- re-viewed
- re-views
• connive
- am cahoots with
- am in cahoots with
- are cahoots with
- are in cahoots with
- art cahoots with
- art in cahoots with
- be cahoots with
- being cahoots with
- being in cahoots with
- frames up
- framing up
- is cahoots with
- is in cahoots with
- was cahoots with
- was in cahoots with
- wast cahoots with
- wast in cahoots with
- were cahoots with
- were in cahoots with
- wert cahoots with
- wert in cahoots with
- work hand glove
- worked hand glove
- worked hand in glove
- working hand glove
- working hand in glove
- works hand glove
- works hand in glove
- wrought hand glove
- wrought hand in glove
• conspire
- am cahoots
- am in cahoots
- are cahoots
- are in cahoots
- art cahoots
- art in cahoots
- be cahoots
- being cahoots
- being in cahoots
- co operate
- co operated
- co operates
- co operating
- collogued
- collogues
- colloguing
- gat bed with
- gat in bed with
- get bed with
- gets bed with
- gets in bed with
- getting bed with
- getting in bed with
- got bed with
- got in bed with
- gotten bed with
- gotten in bed with
- is cahoots
- is in cahoots
- put out contract
- puts out a contract
- puts out contract
- putting out a contract
- putting out contract
- was cahoots
- was in cahoots
- wast cahoots
- wast in cahoots
- were cahoots
- were in cahoots
- wert cahoots
- wert in cahoots
- worked something out
- working something out
- works something out
- wrought something out
• create
- be getting
- be gotten
- be-getting
- be-gotten
- bring in to being
- bring in to existence
- bring pass
- bringing in to being
- bringing in to existence
- bringing into being
- bringing into existence
- brings in to being
- brings in to existence
- brings into being
- brings into existence
- brought in to being
- brought in to existence
- cause be
- caused be
- caused to be
- causes be
- causes to be
- causing be
- causing to be
- gave life to
- gives life to
- giving birth to
- giving life to
- in vest
- in vested
- in vests
- in-vest
- in-vested
- in-vesting
- in-vests
- pro create
- pro created
- pro creates
- pro creating
- pro-create
- pro-created
- pro-creates
- pro-creating
• creation
- contrive
• design
- de lineate
- de lineated
- de scribe
- de scribed
- de scribes
- de scribing
- de sign
- de signed
- de signing
- de signs
- de-lineate
- de-lineated
- de-scribe
- de-scribed
- de-scribes
- de-scribing
- de-sign
- de-signed
- de-signing
- de-signs
- doped out
- dopes out
- doping out
- pro pose
- pro posed
- pro posing
- pro-pose
- pro-posing
- sets out
- sketched out
- sketches out
- sketching out
• devise
- de vise
- de vised
- de vising
- de-vise
- de-vised
- de-vising
- faked it
- fakes it
- faking it
• discover
- bring light
- come up on
- de bunk
- de bunked
- de bunking
- de bunks
- de-bunk
- de-bunked
- de-bunking
- de-bunks
- digged up
- dis cern
- dis close
- dis closed
- dis closes
- dis closing
- dis cover
- dis covered
- dis covering
- dis covers
- dis-cern
- dis-close
- dis-closed
- dis-closes
- dis-closing
- dis-cover
- dis-covered
- dis-covering
- dis-covers
- gat wind of
- gat wise to
- gets wind of
- gets wise to
- getting wind of
- getting wise to
- got wise to
- gotten wind of
- gotten wise to
- light up on
- lighted up on
- lighted upon
- lighting up on
- lights up on
- lights upon
- lit up on
- lit upon
- nosed out
- noses out
- nosing out
- pick upon
- picked up on
- picked upon
- picking upon
- picks on
- picks up on
- picks upon
- re cognize
- re cognized
- re cognizes
- re cognizing
- re veals
- re-cognized
- re-cognizing
- re-veal
- re-veals
- smoked out
- smokes out
- smoking out
- thinks of
- un earth
- un earthed
- un earthing
- un earths
- un-earth
- un-earthed
- un-earthing
- un-earths
• draft
- out line
- out lined
- out lines
- out lining
- out-line
- out-lined
- out-lines
- out-lining
- skeletoned
- skeletoning
• engineer
- co oked
- co oking
- co-oked
- co-oking
- played games
- plays games
- pulled strings
- pulled wires
- pulling strings
- pulling wires
- pulls strings
- pulls wires
- puts one on
- puts one over
- puts over
- puts through
- putting one over
- putting over
- putting through
- super intend
- super intended
- super intending
- super intends
- super vise
- super vised
- super vising
- super-intend
- super-intended
- super-intending
- super-intends
- super-vise
- super-vised
- up stage
- up staged
- up stages
- up staging
- up-stage
- up-staged
- up-stages
- up-staging
• excogitate
- de liberate
- de liberated
- de liberates
- de liberating
- de rive
- de rived
- de rives
- de riving
- de-liberate
- de-liberated
- de-liberates
- de-liberating
- de-rive
- de-rived
- de-rives
- de-riving
- ex cogitate
- ex cogitated
- ex cogitates
- ex cogitating
- ex-cogitate
- ex-cogitated
- ex-cogitates
- ex-cogitating
- mulled over
- perpended
- perpending
- perpends
- thinks out
• fabricate
- cobbled up
- cobbles up
- cobbling up
- made like
- makes like
- making like
- mis represent
- mis represented
- mis representing
- mis represents
- mis-represent
- mis-represented
- mis-representing
- mis-represents
- pre tend
- pre tending
- pre tends
- pre-tended
- pre-tending
- pre-tends
- whomped up
- whomping up
- whomps up
• finagle
- wheel deal
• formulate
- de fine
- de fined
- de fines
- de fining
- de tail
- de tailed
- de tailing
- de tails
- de-fine
- de-fined
- de-fines
- de-fining
- de-tail
- de-tailed
- de-tailing
- de-tails
- ex press
- ex pressed
- ex pressing
- ex-press
- ex-pressing
- gave form to
- gives form to
- giving form to
• get
- dis pose
- dis posed
- dis posing
- dis-pose
- dis-posed
- dis-posing
- re adies
- re-adies
• get by
- did well enough
- didst well enough
- does well enough
- doest well enough
- doeth well enough
- doing well enough
- dost well enough
- doth well enough
- gets by
- made ends meet
- makes ends meet
- making ends meet
• guide
- co unselling
- co-unselling
- coxswained
- coxswaining
- had a handle on
- had handle on
- haddest a handle on
- haddest handle on
- hadst a handle on
- hadst handle on
- has a handle on
- has handle on
- hast a handle on
- hast handle on
- hath a handle on
- hath handle on
- have handle on
- having a handle on
- having handle on
- over saw
- over see
- over seeing
- over seen
- over sees
- over-saw
- over-seen
- over-sees
- show way
- showed the way
- showed way
- showing the way
- showing way
- shows the way
- shows way
- trailblazed
- trailblazes
• hatch
- brings forth
- brought forth
- gave birth
- gives birth
- in duce
- in duces
- in-duce
- in-duces
- laid eggs
- laying eggs
• improvise
- Improvisated
- Improvisating
- dashes off
- dashing off
- did off top head
- did off top of head
- did offhand
- did top head
- did top of head
- didst off top head
- didst off top of head
- didst offhand
- didst top head
- didst top of head
- do off top head
- do top head
- do top of head
- does off top head
- does off top of head
- does offhand
- does top head
- does top of head
- doest off top head
- doest off top of head
- doest offhand
- doest top head
- doest top of head
- doeth off top head
- doeth off top of head
- doeth offhand
- doeth top head
- doeth top of head
- doing off top head
- doing off top of head
- doing offhand
- doing top head
- doing top of head
- dost off top head
- dost off top of head
- dost offhand
- dost top head
- dost top of head
- doth off top head
- doth off top of head
- doth offhand
- doth top head
- doth top of head
- ex temporize
- ex temporized
- ex temporizes
- ex temporizing
- ex-temporize
- ex-temporized
- ex-temporizes
- ex-temporizing
- improvisates
- improvs
- improvved
- improvving
- makes do
- slapdashed
- slapdashes
- slapdashing
- spake cuff
- spake off cuff
- spake off the cuff
- spake the cuff
- speak cuff
- speak off cuff
- speak the cuff
- speaking cuff
- speaking off cuff
- speaking the cuff
- speaks cuff
- speaks off cuff
- speaks off the cuff
- speaks the cuff
- spoke cuff
- spoke off cuff
- spoke off the cuff
- spoke the cuff
• invent
- in vent
- in vented
- in venting
- in vents
- in-vent
- in-vented
- in-venting
- in-vents
- off the cuffed
- off the cuffing
- off the cuffs
- off-the-cuffed
- off-the-cuffing
- off-the-cuffs
- tosses off
- tossing off
- tost off
• make up
- Fabulized
- Fabulizing
- fabulizes
- storifies
- storifying
• manage
- copes with
- pushed around
- pushes around
• maneuver
- be guile
- be guiles
- be-guile
- be-guiles
- goes around
- leave holding bag
- leaved holding bag
- leaved holding the bag
- leaves holding bag
- leaves holding the bag
- leaving holding bag
- leaving holding the bag
- left holding bag
- left holding the bag
• plan
- coordinate
- expect
- premeditate
Other synonyms:

•

invention

•

creative
discovery
spin off

•

make out

•

development
dream

Other relevant words:

• coin

make up off the top of one's head
make up off top of one's head
originates
spark
spitball
spitballs
think up
thought up
trump up

• compose

• conjure up

Re-collect
evoked
produce as by magic

• connive

• conspire

• create

Initiating
Instituting
Sired
Siring
Spawned
bring into being
bring into existence
brought into being
brought into existence
cause to be
conceive
gave birth to
give birth to
give life to
gives birth to
initiate
make up
parented
parenting

• discover

• excogitate

• finagle

wangle

• get by

Fared
do well enough
get along
make ends meet

• make up

• manage

do without

• plan

• prepare

• wangle

• work out

• Other relevant words (adjective):

ability

• Other relevant words (noun):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

What are the hypernyms for Contrive?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for contrive (as verbs)
- creation
  map, plot, map out, concert.

What are the hyponyms for Contrive?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for contrive (as verbs)
- creation
  create by mental act, create mentally.

What are the opposite words for contrive?

Contrive, meaning to plan or scheme, has various antonyms depending on the context. One antonym of contrive could be "destroy," particularly when referring to someone's plans or ideas. Another antonym could be "neglect," as in not putting effort towards creating a plan or solution. Similarly, "ignore" is another antonym of contrive that suggests disregarding a problem or failing to come up with a solution. Conversely, "solve" could also be an antonym of contrive when referring to finding a solution to a problem. Lastly, "fail" could be an antonym of contrive when describing a situation where something was attempted unsuccessfully.

What are the antonyms for Contrive?

v.
• bring about, succeed with difficulty
- fail
- ignore
- leave alone
- lose
- miss
- remain
• invent, design
- break
- demolish
- destroy
- discourage
- disorganize
- dissuade
- forget
- neglect
- raze
- ruin
- stop
- waste
- wreck

Usage examples for Contrive

I thought when I was working here and slowly burrowing farther and farther that it might be the lack of air, and tried to contrive some way of getting it from the outside.

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

In the meanwhile we can do nothing, but later I shall contrive something-Surely, I shall contrive something; only do not fear, and trust me.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

"Well," resumed Wisbech, seeing he did not answer, "if you care to go back and take up your profession in England again, I think I can contrive to give you a fair start.

"The Greater Power"

Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Contrive

The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.

Gene Clark
The Chinese, by their favourite system of dwarfing, contrive to make it, when only a foot and a half or two feet high, have all the characters of an aged cedar of Lebanon.

Robert Fortune
A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.

Edward Gibbon
When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make.

James Weldon Johnson
War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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