Contraption and Tool

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Contraption

Contraption noun - An interesting and often novel device with a practical use.
Usage example: built a contraption for automatically buttering toast
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Synonyms for Contraption
Tool is a synonym for contraption in device topic. In some cases you can use "Tool" instead a noun "Contraption", when it comes to topics like thing, object, gadget.

Tool

Tool noun - An article intended for use in work.
Usage example: needed a special tool to open the case of the CD player
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Contraption is a synonym for tool in device topic. You can use "Contraption" instead a noun "Tool", if it concerns topics such as form, object, implement, gadget.
Nearby Words: tooling, toolbox, toolbar, toolroom

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special special contraption special tool
particular particular contraption particular tool
similar similar contraption similar tool
single single contraption single tool
Other adjectives: massive, large, little, new, handy, favorite.

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  • Comic Book / Steelgrip Starkey and the All-Purpose Power Tool The Worldbeater itself is an Evil Counterpart to the All-Purpose Power Tool; it's a massive, polluting contraption with bolted-on components, and tears up the landscape as it performs its tasks.
    Source: Comic Book / Steelgrip Starkey and the All-Purpose Power Tool
  • Evil Counterpart / Comic Books The All-Purpose Power Tool itself has an Evil Counterpart in Ironarm's Worldbeater, a massive, polluting contraption with bolted-on components that tears up the landscape as it works.
    Source: Evil Counterpart / Comic Books
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Tool and Contraption. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/tool
Contraption & Tool. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contraption/tool>.
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