contrivance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- gadgeteer derivation
- convenient derivation
Sense 2 noun
the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Types & categories
- invention hypernym
Sense 3 noun
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Types & categories
- scheme hypernym
- plant hyponym
- pump-and-dump scheme hyponym
- wangle hyponym
Related & opposite
- crafty derivation
Sense 4 noun
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Types & categories
- organization hypernym
Sense 5 noun
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Types & categories
- arrangement hypernym
- temporary hookup hyponym
Sense 6 noun
the act of devising something
Types & categories
- invention hypernym
Related & opposite
- devise derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gadgeteer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | convenient |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | device |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gadgetry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gimbal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | injector |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mod con |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | invention |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | crafty |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | scheme |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | plant |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pump-and-dump scheme |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | wangle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrangement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | temporary hookup |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | devise |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | invention |