Contrive and Realize

Contrive

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

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

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Realize

Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.

Contrive and realize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Realize".

Common collocations

love contrive love realize love
reason contrive reason realize reason
situation contrive situation realize situation
way contrive way realize way
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