Synonyms of contrivances

contrivances

noun

plural of contrivance

1

as in gadgets

an interesting and often novel device with a practical use

a new contrivance for cleaning computer keyboards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gadgets
• contraptions
• tools
• gizmos
• appliances
• mechanisms
• gimmicks
• innovations
• inventions
• accessories
• instruments
• widgets
• gismos
• ingenuities
• jiggers
• utensils
• implements
• tricks
• adjuncts
• doohickeys
• thingamajigs
• thingamabobs
• accessaries
• doodads
• dinguses
• doohickies
• thingummies
• hootenannies
• hickeys
• thingumajigs

2

as in inventions

something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination

despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inventions
• innovations
• devices
• concoctions
• contraptions
• coinages
• products
• creations
• gadgets
• works
• gizmos
• novelties
• wrinkles
• conceptions
• brainchildren
• gismos
• designs
• pictures
• fantasies
• visions
• phantasies
• dreams
• originations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imitations
• reproductions
• copies
• duplicates
• facsimiles
• dupes
• duplications
• replications
• carbon copies
• clones
• replicas
• reduplications

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• imitations
• reproductions
• copies
• duplicates
• facsimiles
• dupes
• duplications
• replications
• carbon copies
• clones
• replicas
• reduplications

See More