CONTRAPTION Synonyms

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

• an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose

• something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect

• any clever maneuver

• any ornamental pattern or design (as in embroidery)

• an emblematic design (especially in heraldry)

• equipment designed to serve a specific function

• (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function

• the creation of something in the mind

• a creation (a new device or process) resulting from study and experimentation

• the act of inventing

• any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

• an efficient person

• an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals efficiently

• a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point

• a group that controls the activities of a political party

• a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine

• turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery

• make by machinery

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

• durable goods for home or office use

• the act of constructing something

• a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

• the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

• a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

• drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

• an interpretation of a text or action

• the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

• the state of being suitable or opportune

• the quality of being useful and convenient

• a toilet that is available to the public

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

• a provocative Spanish courtship dance in triple time; performed by a man and a woman playing castanets

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

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

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

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

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

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