Synonyms: devisal, contrivance
Definition: the act of devising something
Similar words: invention
Definition: the act of inventing
Synonyms: appliance, widget, gismo, gizmo, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget
Definition: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Similar words: device
Definition: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
Usage: the device is small enough to wear on your wrist; a device intended to conserve water
Synonyms: lash-up, contrivance
Definition: any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Similar words: arrangement
Definition: an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging
Usage: a flower arrangement
Synonyms: contrivance
Definition: the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
Usage: his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Similar words: conception, design, invention, excogitation, innovation
Definition: the creation of something in the mind
Synonyms: contrivance
Definition: an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
Usage: the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Similar words: system, arrangement, organisation, organization
Definition: an organized structure for arranging or classifying
Usage: he changed the arrangement of the topics; the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original; he tried to understand their system of classification
Synonyms: stratagem, contrivance, dodge
Definition: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
Usage: his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track