contriver
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8.3
- noun
- /kənˈtraɪvər/
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artífice
- As a skilled contriver, she always had a clever plan ready for any situation.
Examples
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This is the man by name who, in concert with a very few others, is the contriver and ringleader of all our commotions," they told the governor. "The petitioners are but the tools of this Machiavelli," the magistrates declared.
Academic text (1990) -
As Professor John Anderson pointed out, 'there can be no contrivance of a "universe" or totality of things, because the contriver would have to be included in the totality of things.'
Blog text (28) -
There cannot be a design without a designer; contrivance without a contriver.
Academic text (1990) -
Maybe Mr. Clancy is a contriver of allusions.
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Will, a devil indeed, but a most sweet contriver. "Are you on terms of such familiarity with all your favorite poets?" said Molly.
Fiction book (1991) -
Skilful contriver or originator of something: the prime engineer of the approach
Blog text (32) -
Thus, say these contrivers of their own conventional wisdom, the Postal Service is unprofitable and is costing taxpayers billions of dollars a year in losses.
Blog text (28) -
And, as if the great contriver Dickens himself had penned this scene, just as I stood to bid my friends goodbye, I saw Mr. Nair and his wife strolling clockwise around the stupa.
Fiction book (1996) -
The young inventor was known as a brilliant contriver who could solve complex problems with ease.
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He proved to be an effective contriver, orchestrating the entire event with meticulous detail.
Synonyms
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3.2
A person who makes plans for towns, buildings, or events
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6.2
A person who secretly plans with others to do something illegal or harmful
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8.2
A person who plans secret actions to harm or cheat others
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7.0
A person who secretly plans to get what they want by tricking others
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8.4
A person who secretly plans and helps with illegal actions
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9.9
A person who secretly puts different groups together to gain advantage
A person who invents or plans new things
A person who plans actions to win in war or competition
Antonyms
How Clever
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Contriver comes from the verb contrive, also seen in contrivance, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of con- as 'together' and contrive as putting parts together to make something new. So a contriver is a person who cleverly plans or invents devices or schemes.