Contrive and Exist

Contrive

Contrive verb - To create or think of by clever use of the imagination.

Exist and contrive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exist" instead a verb "Contrive".

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Exist

Exist verb - To have life.

Contrive and exist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Exist".

Nearby Words: existence, existing

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

way contrive way exist way
times contrive times exist times
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