devising
Creating a plan
Devising is the act of inventing, planning, or contriving something through careful thought: She spent weeks devising a strategy to win back customers.
The word suggests mental effort and creativity—you devise schemes, methods, solutions, or plots.
In legal contexts, devising specifically refers to the act of bequeathing real property through a will.
Making something new
- conceivingForming in the mind
- concoctingMaking by combining elements
- fabricatingManufacturing falsely
- engineeringDesigning functional systems scientifically
designing · crafting · prototyping · innovating · originating · constructing · developing · hatching
Crafty and calculating
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- formulatingCreating through systematic thought
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
outlining · blueprinting · mapping · coordinating · arranging · preparing · organizing · scheduling
Crafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- machinatingPlotting with harmful intent
- maneuveringSkillful directional control
calculating · contriving · conspiring · intriguing · strategizing · finagling · wangling · manipulating
creating
Making something new
- conceivingForming in the mind
- concoctingMaking by combining elements
- fabricatingManufacturing falsely
engineering · designing · crafting · prototyping · innovating · originating · constructing · developing · hatching · brewing
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- strategizingFormulating tactical approaches
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- formulatingCreating through systematic thought
drafting · outlining · blueprinting · mapping · coordinating · arranging · preparing · organizing · scheduling · structuring
scheming
Crafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
- connivingSecretly planning wrongdoing
- machinatingPlotting with harmful intent
maneuvering · calculating · contriving · conspiring · intriguing · strategizing · finagling · wangling · manipulating · outwitting
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- drama schoolacting, audition, monologue, rehearsal, scene
- drama trainingacting, acting class, acting workshop, drama club, drama games
- alternative theatrefringe theatre, experimental drama, black box theatre, site-specific, Edinburgh Fringe
- creativityimagination, creativity, brainstorming, unique voice, inspiration
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, acting
devisingcopying
Reproducing something exactly
imitating · replicating · reproducing · duplicating · plagiarizing
devisingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
neglecting · destroying · dismantling · discarding · ignoring
devisingimprovising
Creating spontaneously without plan
winging it · stumbling upon · happening upon · reacting · drifting
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