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contrive
[kuhn-trahyv] 
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contrive
[kuhn-trahyv]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | invent, design |
| Synonyms: | come up with, concoct, construct, cook up, create, devise, dream up, engineer, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, formulate, frame*, handle, hatch, improvise, make, make up*, manipulate, manufacture, move, plan, plot, project, rig, scheme, throw together, trump up, vamp, wangle, whip up |
| Antonyms: | disorganize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | affect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend, imitate |
| Synonyms: | act, adopt, aspire to, assume, bluff, contrive, counterfeit, do a bit, fake, feign, lay it on thick, make out like, playact, put on, put up a front, sham*, simulate, take on |
| Notes: | as a noun, affect means 'a feeling or emotion,' whereas effect means 'the result or consequence of some action or process'; as a verb, to affect means 'to exert an influence upon,' and implies the action of a stimulus that can produce a response or reaction, whereas to effect means 'to bring about as a result' effect is a noun referring to a thing, but if you mean an action, that is affect; if you want the verb meaning 'achieve, bring about,' that is effect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | angle for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to get |
| Synonyms: | aim for, be after, cast about for, connive, conspire, contrive, fish for, hint, hunt, invite, look for, maneuver, plan, plot, scheme, seek, solicit, strive, try for |
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, come to terms, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, harmonize, iron out, lay out, line up, make a connection, make ready, manage, map out, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, resolve, schedule, scheme, set stage, settle, shape up, tailor, work out, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put together |
| Synonyms: | compile, connect, construct, contrive, erect, fabricate, fashion, fit, form, join, make, manufacture, model, mold, piece together, produce, set up, shape, unite, weld |
| Antonyms: | divide, separate, take apart |
| Main Entry: | brew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, devise |
| Synonyms: | breed, compound, concoct, contrive, develop, excite, foment, form, gather, hatch, impend, loom, mull, plot, project, scheme, start, stir up, weave |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | construct structure |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, frame, jerry-build, knock together, make, manufacture, model, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, superstruct, synthesize, throw together, throw up |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, dismantle, knock down, raze, ruin, take down |
| Main Entry: | coin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, invent |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, dream up, fabricate, forge, formulate, frame, head trip, make up, make up off the top of one's head, manufacture, mint, mold, originate, spark, spitball, stamp, strike, think up, trump up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create writing, artwork, or music |
| Synonyms: | author, bang out, cast, clef, coin a phrase, comp, conceive, contrive, cook up, design, devise, discover, draw up, dream up, fabricate, forge, form, formulate, frame*, fudge together, ghost*, ghostwrite, imagine, indite, invent, knock off, knock out, make up, note down, orchestrate, originate, pen, poetize, produce, push pencil, put down, put pen to paper, score, scribble, script, set type, set up, time, turn out, whip up, write |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
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