Contrived Synonyms and Antonyms

kən-trīvd
Not natural or spontaneous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. effortful
  2. forced
  3. artificial
  4. labored
  5. strained
  6. hokey
  7. stilted
Put or send forth
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. projected
  2. wrangled
  3. thrown
  4. swung
  5. schemed
  6. maneuvered
  7. planned
  8. effected
  9. laid
  10. executed
  11. framed
  12. arranged
  13. cast
  14. formulated
  15. shifted
  16. manipulated
  17. devised
  18. engineered
  19. designed
  20. afforded
  21. conceived
  22. negotiated
  23. charted
  24. compassed
  25. passed
  26. blueprinted
  27. managed
Antonyms:
  1. wasted
  2. wrecked
  3. ruined
  4. demolished
  5. destroyed
  6. stopped

Words Related to Contrived

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Contrived Sentence Examples

  • Not the abbreviated version contrived for a witless or hysterical wife, but the whole thing – including any designs Lori has on you... or you have for her.

  • Richelieu contrived to raise hope in the minds of all.

  • Not only did his reason not reproach him for what he had done, but he even found cause for self-satisfaction in having so successfully contrived to avail himself of a convenient opportunity to punish a criminal and at the same time pacify the mob.

  • The whole of the information is easily contained in one cabinet of very ordinary dimensions, and most ingeniously contrived so as to make the most of the space and facilitate the search.

  • Marcellus had recourse to a blockade, but Carthaginian vessels from time to time contrived to throw in supplies.

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