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1. contrive
verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort.
Synonyms
- devise
- create by mental act
- excogitate
- formulate
- create mentally
- invent
Antonyms
- hide
- disappear
- stay in place
- recede
Etymology
- contreve (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Contrive
- deprive
- survive
- strive
- revive
- connive
- thrive
- o'five
- drive
- dr.
- derive
- clyve
- clive
- alive
- vive
- shive
- live
- jive
- hive
- five
- dive
- arrive
- i've
Sentences with contrive
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Stains on furniture are an eyesore that many homeowners contrive to cover or conceal.
Quotes about contrive
1. Plenty of mathematicians, Hardy knew, could follow a step-by-step discursus unflaggingly—yet counted for nothing beside Ramanujan. Years later, he would contrive an informal scale of natural mathematical ability on which he assigned himself a 25 and Littlewood a 30. To David Hilbert, the most eminent mathematician of the day, he assigned an 80. To Ramanujan he gave 100.
- Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan
2. contrive
verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] make or work out a plan for; devise.
Synonyms
- design
- create by mental act
- plan
- project
- plot
- map out
- concert
- create mentally
Antonyms
- undock
- indirect
- dishonest
- refrain
Etymology
- contreve (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. contrive
verb. ['kənˈtraɪv'] put or send forth.
Synonyms
- send
- direct
- project
- shoot
- cast
Antonyms
- orient
- switch on
- disengage
- switch off
Etymology
- contreve (Middle English (1100-1500))