Devises Synonyms and Antonyms

To give (property) to another person after one's death
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bequeaths
  2. wills
  3. leaves
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. formulates
  2. schemes
  3. prepares
  4. plans
  5. machinates
  6. contrives
  7. invents
  8. frames
  9. forges
  10. designs
  11. wills
  12. supposes
  13. projects
  14. plots
  15. lays
  16. improvises
  17. imagines
  18. forms
  19. fabricates
  20. creates
  21. charts
  22. conveys
  23. consults
  24. conceives
  25. constructs
  26. conspires
  27. concocts
  28. casts
  29. coins
  30. blueprints
  31. bequeaths
  32. arranges
  33. organizes
  34. appoints
Antonyms:
  1. borrows
To use ingenuity in making, developing, or achieving
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fabricates
  2. invents
  3. hatches
  4. formulates
  5. contrives
  6. concocts

Devises Sentence Examples

  • The movements Alston devises are almost always delectable, wisely inventive without shouting their unusualness.

  • A man in motion always devises an aim for that motion.

  • It is a means of using geometric devises to gain an insight into abstract views of cosmology, mental and emotional disciplines.

  • Each applicant devises his or her own program of study and may include professional and academic resources as part of the program or simply focus on independent study.

  • At that point Farrah realizes her young, carefree days are over and she devises a plan to balance school and life as a young mother.