Contrive and Seek

Contrive

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

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

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Seek

Seek verb - To go in search of.

Contrive and seek are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Seek".

Nearby Words: seeking, seeker

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

love contrive love seek love
help contrive help seek help
way contrive way seek way
ways contrive ways seek ways
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