Contrivance

Any improvised arrangement for temporary use

Synonyms

Lash-up

Type of

Arrangement

An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

Examples

His testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track

A device or control that is very useful for a particular job

The act of devising something

Synonyms

Devisal

Type of

Invention

Derivation

Contrive

An artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

Examples

The plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable

The faculty of contriving; inventive skill

Examples

His skillful contrivance of answers to every problem