contrives
Devises through cleverness
Contrives is the third-person singular of contrive, meaning to devise or bring about through effort and ingenuity.
The word often carries a suggestion of scheming or artificiality: She contrives to be present whenever he visits.
Something contrived feels forced or unnatural—a contrived plot, a contrived excuse.
To contrive can also mean simply to manage or succeed: He contrives to stay cheerful despite everything.
Secret plans or storylines
- schemesCrafty organized plans
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
- connivesSecretly works toward wrongdoing
conspires · machinations · calculating · devises · engineers · orchestrates · masterminds · wangles
Invents through ingenuity
- createsBrings into being
- originatesStarts or arises from
- conceivesForms in mind
- designsCreates or conceives layouts
develops · engineers · formulates · innovates · hatches · pioneers · introduces · patents
Creates something novel
- concoctsInvents by combining elements
- manufacturesProduces goods industrially
- constructsBuilds or creates
- forgesHammers metal into shape
creates · produces · devises · fashions · formulates · generates · engineers · develops
plots
Secret plans or storylines
- schemesCrafty organized plans
- manipulatesControls through cunning
- maneuversPlanned strategic movements
connives · conspires · machinations · calculating · devises · engineers · orchestrates · masterminds · wangles · intrigues
devises
Invents through ingenuity
- createsBrings into being
- originatesStarts or arises from
- conceivesForms in mind
designs · develops · engineers · formulates · innovates · hatches · pioneers · introduces · patents · blueprints
invents
Creates something novel
- concoctsInvents by combining elements
- manufacturesProduces goods industrially
- constructsBuilds or creates
forges · creates · produces · devises · fashions · formulates · generates · engineers · develops · designs
manages
Directs or copes
MacGyvers · scrounges · adapts · resourcefully · fashions · patches · assembles · devises · creates · arranges
contriveshappens upon
Finds unexpectedly
stumbles upon · chances upon · falls into · happens · comes across
contrivesfails
Does not succeed
botches · bungles · fumbles · mismanages · misfires
contrivesdestroys
Causes complete ruin
demolishes · ruins · dismantles · wrecks · undoes
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