Synonyms of devising

devising

verb

present participle of devise

as in concocting

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

• concocting
• constructing
• inventing
• designing
• producing
• manufacturing
• contriving
• thinking (up)
• hatching
• conceiving
• coming up with
• cooking (up)
• fabricating
• imagining
• excogitating
• drumming up
• envisioning
• making up
• improvising
• visualizing
• dreaming
• coining
• trumping up
• vamping (up)
• envisaging
• fantasizing
• daydreaming
• visioning
• extemporizing
• picturing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• duplicating
• imitating
• copying
• mimicking
• replicating
• cloning
• reduplicating
• copycatting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of devising

With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job. — Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Mungiu may have a less sadistic streak and a more active camera, but the two filmmakers share a particular commitment to narrative indeterminacy, devising intricate yet incomplete crime-story plots that function broadly as sociopolitical allegories. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Instead, the self-regulating organization takes the day-to-day lead in devising standards, conducting oversight, enforcing rules, and punishing bad actors, drawing on its business members’ unique knowledge and real-world expertise. — William R. Gruver, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Across product organizations, Microsoft executives have been devising ways to charge customers based on usage to better reflect rising costs. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel. — New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026

Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington. — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

With troops largely bogged down by drones and robots along the roughly 780-mile front line, both Russia and Ukraine are expanding their aerial campaigns and devising new long-range weapons. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

With troops largely bogged down by drones and robots along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line, both Russia and Ukraine are expanding their aerial campaigns and devising new long-range weapons. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026