Contrivance and Clone
Opposite meaning words
Contrivance
Contrivance noun - Something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination.
Usage example: despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before
Clone is an antonym for contrivance.
Clone
Clone noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.
Contrivance is an antonym for clone.
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