contrivance
(noun)
noun
1. a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
Similar word(s): appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget
Definition categories: man–made, device
2. the faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem
Definition categories: thought, conception, design, excogitation, innovation, invention
3. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track
Similar word(s): dodge, stratagem
Definition categories: thought, scheme, strategy
4. an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable
Definition categories: thought, arrangement, organisation, organization, system
5. any improvised arrangement for temporary use
Definition categories: man–made, arrangement
6. the act of devising something
Similar word(s): devisal