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contrivance
Synonyms and Antonyms of contrivance
- a new contrivance for cleaning computer keyboards
implement, instrument, tool, utensil
ingenuity, innovation, invention
accessory (also accessary), adjunct
dingus, doodad, doohickey, hickey, hootenanny [chiefly dialect], thingamabob, thingamajig (or thingumajig), thingummy
- despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before
- in that writer's hands, narrative contrivance can often deteriorate into pointless gimmickry
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