Contraption
Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.
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Synonyms for Contraption
Machinery and contraption are semantically related in equipment topic. In some cases you can use "Machinery" instead a noun "Contraption".
Machinery
Machinery noun - Something used to achieve an end.
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Synonyms for Machinery
Contraption and machinery are semantically related in equipment topic. You can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Machinery", if it concerns topics such as devices performing work.
Nearby Words: machine, machining
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Related pairs
- device and contraption
- device and machinery
- apparatus and contraption
- apparatus and machinery
- system and contraption
- system and machinery
- structure and contraption
- structure and machinery
- tools and contraption
- tools and machinery
- tackle and contraption
- tackle and machinery
- gear and contraption
- gear and machinery
How words are described
| special | special contraption | special machinery |
| elaborate | elaborate contraption | elaborate machinery |
| better | better contraption | better machinery |
| complex | complex contraption | complex machinery |
| Other adjectives: visible, massive, large, complicated, new, deadly, odd, working, strange, said, various, nearby, medical, rotating. | ||
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Machinery and Contraption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/machinery
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