contrivance
Definitions
Noun
- A device or control that is very useful for a particular job
- The faculty of contriving; inventive skill
- An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
- An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
- Any improvised arrangement for temporary use
- The act of devising something
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "contrivance".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contrivances | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | contrivance | 3 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "contrivance".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consequence | 3 | 30 |
| 2 | convenience | 3 | 19 |
| 3 | coincidence | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | conformance | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | capacitance | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | consistence | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | quintessence | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "contrivance".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | continue | 3 | 107 |
| 2 | contract | 2 | 60 |
| 3 | entrance | 2 | 57 |
| 4 | contracted | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | continuance | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | countenance | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | convince | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | contrived | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | cognizance | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | contrivances | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | connivance | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | contrive | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | constance | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | conveyance | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | contrite | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | continuances | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | contran | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | contrarian | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | coltrane | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | contrarians | 4 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "contrivance" in a sentence.
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Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "contrivance" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "contrivance" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "contrivance".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 7
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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