Synonyms of contrives

contrives

verb

present tense third-person singular of contrive

1

as in devises

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

contrived abstract metal sculptures using old household utensils

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devises
• concocts
• invents
• constructs
• manufactures
• designs
• produces
• thinks (up)
• comes up with
• fabricates
• conceives
• cooks (up)
• hatches
• makes up
• envisions
• excogitates
• imagines
• trumps up
• drums up
• improvises
• envisages
• vamps (up)
• visualizes
• fantasizes
• dreams
• visions
• coins
• daydreams
• extemporizes
• pictures
• ad-libs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imitates
• reproduces
• replicates
• copies
• mimics
• duplicates
• clones
• reduplicates
• copycats

2

as in plots

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

the mischievous boys were always contriving and trying to pull the prank that would be the talk of the school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plots
• schemes
• conspires
• connives
• colludes
• intrigues
• plans
• devises
• concocts
• engineers
• manipulates
• machinates
• hatches
• compasses
• puts up
• counterplots
• maneuvers
• designs
• maps
• cooks (up)
• brews
• shapes
• jockeys
• lays out
• frames

3

as in negotiates

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

contrived a way of planning the surprise party without their catching on to it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negotiates
• arranges
• manipulates
• plots
• engineers
• manages
• maneuvers
• wangles
• concludes
• finesses
• finagles
• frames
• masterminds
• concocts
• schemes
• connives
• machinates
• conducts
• intrigues
• directs
• works out
• hatches
• concerts
• handles
• angles (for)
• hammers out
• brews
• cooks (up)
• commands
• compasses
• runs
• captains
• gerrymanders
• quarterbacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blows
• botches
• bungles
• mangles
• fumbles
• mishandles
• butchers
• flubs
• messes (up)
• bobbles
• gums (up)
• muffs
• louses up