11 Letters
7 Consonants
4 Vowels
3 Syllables
Types Of Speech
You can use contrivance as a noun in a sentence.
About Contrivance
A 3 syllables noun and 11 letters with the letters a, c, e, i, n, o, r, t, and v, 7 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter i. Contrivance starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, contr, and the ending characters are e, ce, nce, ance, vance, ..
Definition
The act of devising something
School Grade
Contrivance is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 11 letters.
Pig Latin
Contrivance in Pig Latin is said as "ontrivancecay or ontrivancecway".
Unigram
c | o | n | t | r | i | v | a | n | c | e
Bigram
co | on | nt | tr | ri | iv | va | an | nc | ce
Trigram
con | ont | ntr | tri | riv | iva | van | anc | nce
Quadrigram
cont | ontr | ntri | triv | riva | ivan | vanc | ance
Word Gram
Noun Examples
the act of devising something
a device that is very useful for a particular job
any improvised arrangement for temporary use
the faculty of contriving;
inventive skill;
"his skillful contrivance of answers to every problem"
an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.;
"the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade;
"his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

Synonyms (Cognitive Synonyms) For "Contrivance"

There are 439 synonyms available. These are cognitive relationship words which is to say they have a similar meaning, mean the same thing, or have close definition and relationship to contrivance.

SynonymDefinition
Accoucheusea woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies
Actionsomething done (usually as opposed to something said)
"there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
Ad Hoc Measure
Agencyhow a result is obtained or an end is achieved
"a means of control"
"an example is the best agency of instruction"
"the true way to success"
Agendaa temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to
Agentthe semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the hapening denoted by the verb in the clause
Agentive Role
Airtravel via aircraft
"air travel involves too much waiting in airports"
"if you''ve time to spare go by air"
Amounthow much there is of something that you can quantify
Anagnorisis

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Anagrams

There are 1 anagrams from contrivance.

Anagram Definition
Contrivancethe act of devising something

View English words with the unique letters used in contrivance. Words With The Letters Aceinortv

Derives

Contrivance derives from 6 words.

Word Definition
Contrivecome up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
Devise(law) a gift of real property by will
Excogitatereflect deeply on a subject
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon"
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Forgea workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
Formulateelaborate, as of theories and hypotheses
"Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
Inventcome up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or priciple) after a mental effort
"excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

Hypernyms

Contrivance has 1 hypernyms.

Word Definition
Inventionthe act of inventing





     

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