Contrivance
Machine
Machine noun - A device that changes energy into mechanical motion.
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Synonyms for Machine
Contrivance is a synonym for machine in apparatus topic. You can use "Contrivance" instead a noun "Machine", if it concerns topics such as mechanism, appliance, device that performs a task.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and contrivance
- device and machine
- apparatus and contrivance
- apparatus and machine
- convenience and contrivance
- convenience and machine
- equipment and contrivance
- equipment and machine
- design and contrivance
- design and machine
- tool and contrivance
- tool and machine
- motor and contrivance
- motor and machine
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Since the maze stages don't feature infinitely respawning enemies, the timer is a contrivance to keep the game from sitting in the same place (much like how the bosses in Gradius will eventually self-destruct just in case a player could find a safe spot and walk away from the arcade machine).
Source: Video Game / Contra
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Machine and Contrivance. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contrivance/machine
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