Contraption
Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.
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Synonyms for Contraption
Machine is a synonym for contraption in device topic. In some cases you can use "Machine" instead a noun "Contraption".
Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Synonyms for Machine
Contraption is a synonym for machine in apparatus topic. You can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Machine", if it concerns topics such as appliance, device that performs a task.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and contraption
- device and machine
- apparatus and contraption
- apparatus and machine
- convenience and contraption
- convenience and machine
- tool and contraption
- tool and machine
- motor and contraption
- motor and machine
- instrument and contraption
- instrument and machine
- mechanism and contraption
- mechanism and machine
How words are described
| special | special contraption | special machine |
| particular | particular contraption | particular machine |
| similar | similar contraption | similar machine |
| complex | complex contraption | complex machine |
| Other adjectives: single, entire, massive, large, enormous, little, new, crazy, mechanical, mysterious, tall, working, titular, strange, walking, giant. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Rouge Angles of Satin: At one point several party members refer to a machine as a "contraction." A contraption is a machine.
Source: Video Game / Suikoden I -
The villain of Simon Says has a severe pickaxe fetish, to the point of actually constructing a machine gun-like contraption that fires them.
Source: Powerful Pick -
Angel has Fred building a contraption that is either something lethal based on catapults, or a machine to make toast.
Source: MacGyvering
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Machine and Contraption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/machine
Contraption & Machine. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/machine>.
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