Contrive and Urge

Contrive

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

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

Nearby Words: contrivance, contriving, contriver

Urge

Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

Contrive and urge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contrive" instead a verb "Urge".

Nearby Words: urged, urging

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

government contrive government urge government
everyone contrive everyone urge everyone
images contrive images urge images
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