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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | create, plan |
| Synonyms: | bear, brainstorm*, breed, bring forth, brood, cause, come up with, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, design, devise, dream up, engender, formulate, generate, get up, give birth, incubate, induce, invent, lay eggs, make, make up, occasion, originate, parent, plot, prepare, procreate, produce, project, provoke, scheme, set, sire, spawn, spitball, think up, throw together, trump up, whip up, work up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | brood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cluster of children |
| Synonyms: | begats, breed, chicks, clutch, descendants, family, flock, hatch, infants, issue, litter, offspring, posterity, progeniture, progeny, scions, seed, young |
| Antonyms: | child |
| Main Entry: | cause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring into being; bring about |
| Synonyms: | be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | concoct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formulate, think up |
| Synonyms: | ad lib, batch, brew*, compound, contrive, cook up, create, design, devise, discover, dream up, envisage, envision, fabricate, frame*, hatch, invent, make up, mature, originate, plan, plot, prefab, prepare, project, scheme, slap together, throw together, vamp |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | conspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plot, scheme with someone |
| Synonyms: | be in cahoots, cabal, cogitate, collogue, collude, confederate, connive, contrive, cook up, cooperate, devise, get in bed with, hatch, intrigue, machinate, maneuver, operate, promote, put out a contract, wangle, wire, work something out |
| Notes: | one connives at something but conspires with somebody |
| Main Entry: | contrive |
| 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: | contrive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring about, succeed with difficulty |
| Synonyms: | achieve, angle, arrange, carry out, cogitate, collude, compass, concoct, connive, develop, devise, effect, elaborate, engineer, execute, finagle, hatch, hit upon, intrigue, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, pass, plan, play games, plot, project, scheme, shift, swing, work out, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, ruin, stop, waste, wreck |
| Main Entry: | cook up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise |
| Synonyms: | arrange, concoct, contrive, dream up, fabricate, falsify, formulate, frame, hatch, improvise, invent, make up, plan, plot, prepare, scheme, vamp |
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