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

Many believe Newton was the lone genius who devised this branch of mathematics all on his own. — Michael Muthukrishna, Fortune, 23 July 2026

David Paul Morris | Getty Images Amazon and Microsoft have devised new ways to get people playing video games in the cloud. — Jordan Novet,annie Palmer, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Inspired by the discussion, Gaines, who was living on a farm in New Hampshire at the time, devised a survival game using sheep-marking dye pellets, hosting the first iteration in woods on his land in June 1981. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 22 July 2026

The subject came up because Leslie had been playing a game devised by the morning show, Roast Our Studio, which was tied to her new HGTV series, Roast My Rental. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026

In a 1987 article, The Times attributed the success of Pelosi’s congressional bid to money — her campaign spent $1 million, more than her 13 opponents combined — and a sophisticated voter turnout program devised by Reilly. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

Preparations had been devised with narrower, localized hazards in mind. — Chloe Demrovsky, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

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