Contrivance and Copy

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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

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Copy is an antonym for contrivance.

Copy noun - Something that is made to look exactly like something else.

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Contrivance is an antonym for copy.

Nearby Words: copied, copying, copier, copyist

complete contrivance

complete copy

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Copy and Contrivance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrivance/copy

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