It is certain that Emmet contrived his 'dyad' style to facilitate the process of architectural design.
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Contrived
//kənˈtɹaɪvd//
Synonyms for "contrived" (38 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (11)
Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (19)
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- artificial adj (unnatural, forced)
- forçat adj (unnatural, forced)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 不自然的 adj (unnatural, forced)
- 人為的 /人为的 adj (created in a deliberate way)
- 人為的 /人为的 adj (unnatural, forced)
- 做作的 adj (unnatural, forced)
Dutch
4 entries- bedrieglijk adj (unnatural, forced)
- bij de haren getrokken adj (unnatural, forced)
- gekunsteld adj (unnatural, forced)
- slinks adj (unnatural, forced)
Finnish
4 entries- epäaito adj (unnatural, forced)
- pakotettu adj (created in a deliberate way)
- pakotettu adj (unnatural, forced)
- tarkoituksellinen adj (created in a deliberate way)
French
4 entries- affecté adj (unnatural, forced)
- artificiel adj (unnatural, forced)
- feint adj (unnatural, forced)
- forcé adj (unnatural, forced)
Georgian
2 entries- არაბუნებრივი adj (unnatural, forced)
- ნაძალადევი adj (unnatural, forced)
German
4 entries- gekünstelt adj (unnatural, forced)
- gezwungen adj (unnatural, forced)
- künstlich adj (unnatural, forced)
- unnatürlich adj (unnatural, forced)
Greek
2 entries- σκηνοοθετημένος adj (unnatural, forced)
- σχεδιασμένος adj (unnatural, forced)
Hungarian
4 entries- beállított adj (created in a deliberate way)
- erőltetett adj (unnatural, forced)
- keresett adj (unnatural, forced)
- kiagyalt adj (created in a deliberate way)
Irish
1 entries- tacair adj (unnatural, forced)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- kunstig adj (unnatural, forced)
- oppkonstruert adj (unnatural, forced)
Polish
3 entries- przekombinowany adj (unnatural, forced)
- sztuczny adj (unnatural, forced)
- wydumany adj (unnatural, forced)
Portuguese
1 entries- deliberado adj (created in a deliberate way)
Romanian
2 entries- artificial adj (unnatural, forced)
- forțat adj (unnatural, forced)
Russian
4 entries- иску́сственно со́зданный adj (created in a deliberate way)
- неесте́ственный adj (created in a deliberate way)
- неесте́ственный adj (unnatural, forced)
- специа́льно со́зданный adj (created in a deliberate way)
Spanish
4 entries- artificial adj (unnatural, forced)
- artificioso adj (unnatural, forced)
- complotado adj (created in a deliberate way)
- deliberado adj (created in a deliberate way)
Swedish
2 entries- krystad adj (unnatural, forced)
- långsökt adj (unnatural, forced)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I contrived to leave my wallet behind.
Source: tatoeba (257699)
He contrived a new engine that does not use gas.
Source: tatoeba (289530)
He contrived a means of speaking to Nancy privately.
Source: tatoeba (292273)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.