Synonyms of devise

devise

verb

di-ˈvīz 

as in to concoct

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concoct
• invent
• construct
• design
• produce
• manufacture
• contrive
• come up with
• think (up)
• conceive
• fabricate
• drum up
• hatch
• cook (up)
• excogitate
• make up
• envision
• imagine
• trump up
• improvise
• visualize
• vamp (up)
• dream
• envisage
• coin
• vision
• fantasize
• daydream
• extemporize
• picture
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduce
• replicate
• imitate
• mimic
• copy
• duplicate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devise

In summary, the researchers devised a technique using existing technologies that simultaneously produces high-entropy alloy raw materials and complex finished products. — New Atlas, 6 July 2026

In 2011, Aguirre devised a technique to motivate his Real Zaragoza players ahead of a league match against Real Madrid. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026

That leaves academics to pore over surveys that are too slow and too broad to be useful, or to devise new ones. — Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026

Sci-fi novelists envisioned universal translators, and linguists devised international languages, all in pursuit of a world where one person could speak and another could understand, regardless of where either was born. — Krupa Shandilya, The Conversation, 25 June 2026

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