Synonyms of devised

devised

verb

past tense of devise

as in concocted

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

• concocted
• invented
• constructed
• designed
• produced
• manufactured
• conceived
• hatched
• thought (up)
• came up with
• contrived
• cooked (up)
• fabricated
• envisioned
• made up
• excogitated
• trumped up
• imagined
• coined
• improvised
• visualized
• drummed up
• dreamed
• vamped (up)
• envisaged
• fantasized
• daydreamed
• visioned
• extemporized
• pictured
• ad-libbed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copied
• reproduced
• duplicated
• mimicked
• replicated
• imitated
• cloned
• reduplicated
• copycatted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devised

The results suggested that the idea of using messenger RNA to train the immune system to attack cancer cells — an approach first devised decades ago — was ripe for further drug development. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

Teams devised an unprecedented bit of spaceship surgery to replace the valve without draining the propellant and disassembling the spacecraft, steps that would have triggered a much longer delay. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026

This boutique-sized wellness retreat of 10 antique handmade Javanese wooden houses in Uluwatu was devised by owner Martha Brooke as a place to share many of the holistic methods and tools that helped her overcome cancer. — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

This experience combines identity deception, autonomous agent action and software supply-chain risk, along with social engineering devised by an agent and directed against a human. — Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Costume designer Colleen Atwood devised the ensemble, while Ed Cubberly created the famous fiberglass muzzle, deliberately leaving it uncoated to evoke the look of dried, taut skin. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

However, a potential workaround for this was famously devised in 1994 by physicist Miguel Alcubierre, who argued that rather than using a propulsion system to accelerate the spacecraft itself, spacetime could be distorted around it. — Micah Hanks, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Prosecutors said Niembro and the sanctioned person devised a plan under which Nodus would foreclose on the person’s home in Southampton, New York. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026

To combat Lamashtu, ancient Mesopotamians devised prayers and chants to ward her away from their homes, their wombs, their mothers, their sisters, their patients, their babies, and their communities. — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026