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

While many may remember the warrior Achilles from the Trojan War, Odysseus was the cunning strategist who devised the famous Trojan Horse plan to enter Troy. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Wirsching headed up the Roundtable on Historical Responsibility that devised the new procedures. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026

To solve for that, Nolan devised a mirror system so the actor being filmed could still keep the other in their eyeline. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Using an algorithm devised by mathematician Peter Shor in 1994, quantum computers could in principle rapidly crack such encryption. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 July 2026

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

And a scene depicting a barroom brawl among little people, interrupted by similarly diminutive cops and paramedics, feels like it could have been devised by Buñuel. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 25 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