Contrivance and Duplicate

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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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Duplicate is an antonym for contrivance.

Duplicate noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

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Contrivance is an antonym for duplicate.

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

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