Beat and Contrive

Beat

Beat verb - To strike repeatedly.

Contrive and beat are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Beat".

Nearby Words: beaten, beating, beater, beatable

Contrive

Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Beat and contrive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beat" instead a verb "Contrive".

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

way beat way contrive way
everyone beat everyone contrive everyone
times beat times contrive times
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