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contrivance
Synonyms and Antonyms of contrivance
1
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
implement, instrument, tool, utensil
ingenuity, innovation, invention
accessory (also accessary), adjunct
dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, hootenanny [chiefly dialect], thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy
2
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
3
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
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