1. A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
   - appliance, contraption, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget 
2. The faculty of contriving; inventive skill
   "his skilful contrivance of answers to every problem" 
3. An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
   "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"
   - stratagem, dodge 
4. An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
   "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable" 
5. Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
   - lash-up 
6. The act of devising something
   - devisal

Derived forms: contrivances

See also: contrive

Type of: arrangement, conception, design, device, excogitation, innovation, invention, organisation [Brit], organization, scheme, strategy, system

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• through
• through an experiment
• through and through
• through empirical observation
• through with
• throughout
• throughput
• throughway
• throw
• throw a fit
• throw a spanner in the works
• throw a wobbly
• throw cold water on
• throw in the towel
• throw off
• throw out
• throw out of kilter
• throw overboard
• throw pillow
• throw rug
• throw stick
• throw together
• throw up