Contriver

  • 81contrive — [kən trʌɪv] verb 1》 devise or plan using skill and artifice. 2》 manage to do something foolish. Derivatives contrivable adjective contriver noun Origin ME: from OFr. contreuve , stressed stem of controver imagine, invent , from med. L. contropare …

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  • 82engineer — noun 1》 a person qualified in engineering. 2》 a person who maintains or controls an engine or machine. 3》 a skilful contriver. verb 1》 design and build. 2》 skilfully arrange for (something) to happen. 3》 modify (an organism) by manipulating its… …

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  • 83architect — n. 1. Designer (of buildings). 2. Contriver, maker, former, author …

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  • 84artificier — n. 1. Maker, contriver, plotter, machinator. 2. Worker, workman, craftsman, mechanic, artisan. 3. Artist (not of the highest grade), superior artisan, skilful mechanic, skilled workman …

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  • 85artist — n. 1. Designer, contriver, projector, adept, skilled workman, artificer. 2. Painter, hmner, sketcher. 3. Sculptor, carver, modeller. 4. Master, master hand, consummate performer …

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  • 86author — n. 1. Originator, first cause, original, maker, creator, father, former, contriver, inventor. 2. Writer, composer …

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  • 87forger — n. 1. Maker, contriver. 2. Counterfeiter, falsifier …

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  • 88hatcher — n. 1. Incubator. 2. Contriver, projector, deviser, concocter, planner, plotter …

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  • 89inventor — n. Contriver, originator, creator, father, author …

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  • 90plotter — n. Contriver, conspirator, schemer …

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