1. (noun)appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget a device or control that is very useful for a particular job Synonyms: comfort station, doodad, gadget, lash-up, gismo, restroom, publiclavatory, public convenience, thingmajig, whatsis, thingamabob, thingumajig, whatchamacallit, dodge, devisal, appliance, thingummy, doojigger, convenience, public toilet, thingmabob, toilet facility, thingamajig, stratagem, wash room, doohickey, thingumabob, widget, gimmick, contraption, gubbins, whatchamacallum, gizmo, contrivance
2. (noun)contrivance the faculty of contriving; inventive skill Synonyms: stratagem, devisal, convenience, gismo, widget, gadget, appliance, lash-up, contraption, dodge, gizmo
3. (noun)contrivance, stratagem, dodge an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade Synonyms: gambit, stratagem, devisal, convenience, scheme, ploy, gismo, widget, dodging, contrivance, gadget, appliance, lash-up, contraption, dodge, gizmo
4. (noun)contrivance an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc. Synonyms: stratagem, devisal, convenience, gismo, widget, gadget, appliance, lash-up, contraption, dodge, gizmo
5. (noun)lash-up, contrivance any improvised arrangement for temporary use Synonyms: stratagem, devisal, convenience, contrivance, gismo, widget, gadget, appliance, lash-up, contraption, dodge, gizmo
1. contrivance A contrivance or device may be either good or bad. A cheat is a mean advantage in a bargain; a fraud, any form of covert robbery or injury. Imposture is a deceitful contrivance for securi Synonyms: artifice, art, craft, finesse, invention, stratagem, blind, cunning, fraud, machination, subterfuge, cheat, device, guile, maneuver, trick, contrivance, dodge, imposture, ruse, wile Antonyms: artlessness, frankness, ingenuousness, openness, sincerity, candor, guilelessness, innocence, simplicity, truth, fairness, honesty
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