- contrivance, device, contraption
- اِبْتِداع \ contrivance, device, contraption.
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contrivance, device, contraption
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device — 1 Device, contrivance, gadget, contraption mean something usually of a mechanical character which is invented as a means of doing a particular piece of work or of effecting a given end. Device is the most widely applicable of these terms; it may… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contrivance — *device, gadget, contraption Analogous words: invention, creation, discovery (see corresponding verbs at INVENT): *implement, tool, instrument, appliance, utensil: *machine, mechanism, apparatus … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contraption — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, gadget, contrivance (see instrumentality). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. device, machine, contrivance, gadget, rig, mechanism, appliance, widget, *doohickey, *thingamajig, *Rube Goldberg … English dictionary for students
contraption — noun /kənˈtræp.ʃən/ a) A mechanical device of any sort, especially one that is complicated. b) Any object referred to with irony, derision, or contempt. Syn: contrivance … Wiktionary
contraption — Synonyms and related words: apparatus, contrivance, device, gadget, gimcrack, gimmick, gizmo, hand tool, implement, instrument, means, mechanical device, mechanism, power tool, precision tool, speed tool, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, tool … Moby Thesaurus
contraption — n Informal. contrivance, device, gadget, invention, creation, artifice, makeshift, hickey, widget; mechanism, apparatus, rig, gear, tackle, equipment, machine, appliance, Rube Goldberg, Archaic. trangam; All Inf. whachamacallit, thingumajig,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
device — n 1. appliance, instrument, apparatus, mechanism, contrivance, Inf. contraption, invention, gadget, hickey, Sl. gimmick; implement, utensil, tool, machine, equipment, gear, outfit, tackle, rigging; means, wherewithal, resources, expedient, agent … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
contraption — [n] device apparatus, appliance, contrivance, doohickey*, gadget, gizmo*, machine, mechanism, rig, Rube Goldberg device*, thingamajig*, widget; concepts 463,499 … New thesaurus
contrivance — [n1] plan, fabrication angle, artifice, brainchild, coinage, design, dodge, expedient, formation, gimmick, intrigue, invention, inventiveness, machination, measure, plot, project, ruse, scheme, slant, stratagem, switch, trick, twist; concept 660… … New thesaurus
device — [n1] instrument, tool accessory, agent, apparatus, appliance, arrangement, article, construction, contraption, contrivance, creation, doohickey*, equipment, expedient, gadget, gear, gimmick, implement, invention, machine, makeshift, material,… … New thesaurus
Contraption — Con*trap tion, n. A contrivance; a new fangled device; used scornfully. [Colloq. or Dial.] {Con*trap tious}, a. We all remember some of the extraordinary contraptions which have been thus evolved and put upon the market. F. M. Ware. [Webster 1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
