Synonyms of the word

contrive

• v. To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
• v. To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
• v. To project, cast, or set forth, as in a projection of light.

cast

• v. (heading, physical) To move, or be moved, away.
• v. To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.).
• v. (dated) To add up (a column of figures, accounts etc.); cross-cast refers to adding up a row of figures.
• v. (heading, social) To predict, to decide, to plan.
• v. To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment).
• v. To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction.
• v. (archaic) To give birth to (a child) prematurely; to miscarry.
• v. To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way.
• v. To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.).
• v. (nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by…
• v. To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote).
• v. (computing) To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text.
• v. (hunting) Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent.
• v. (medicine) To set (a bone etc.) in a cast.
• v. (Wicca) To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches.
• n. An act of throwing.
• n. Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc.
• n. A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm.
• n. The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew.
• n. The casting procedure.
• n. An object made in a mould.
• n. A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones.
• n. The mould used to make cast objects.
• n. (hawking) The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair.
• n. A squint.
• n. Visual appearance.
• n. The form of one's thoughts, mind etc.
• n. An animal, especially a horse, that is unable to rise without assistance.
• n. Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird.
• n. A group of crabs.

design

• n. A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
• n. A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
• n. The composition of a work of art.
• n. Intention or plot.
• n. The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
• n. The art of designing.
• v. (transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To plan (to do something).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

devise

• v. (transitive) To use one's intellect to plan or design (something).
• v. (transitive) To leave (property) in a will.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To form a scheme; to lay a plan; to contrive; to consider.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To plan or scheme for; to plot to obtain.
• v. (obsolete) To imagine; to guess.
• n. The act of leaving real property in a will.
• n. Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
• n. The real property left in such a will.
• n. Design, devising.

direct

• adj. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
• adj. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
• adj. Straightforward; sincere.
• adj. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
• adj. In the line of descent; not collateral.
• adj. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the…
• adj. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes…
• adj. (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
• adv. Directly.
• v. To manage, control, steer.
• v. To aim (something) at (something else).
• v. To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
• v. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
• v. (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom…

excogitate

• v. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
• v. To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

forge

• n. Furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
• n. Workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them.
• n. The act of beating or working iron or steel.
• v. (metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
• v. To form or create with concerted effort.
• v. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully.
• v. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate.
• v. (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually…
• v. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy.

formulate

• v. (transitive) To reduce to, or express in, a formula; to put in a clear and definite form of statement…

invent

• v. To design a new process or mechanism.
• v. To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
• v. (obsolete) To come upon; to find; to find out; to discover.

plan

• n. A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often…
• n. A set of intended actions, usually mutually related, through which one expects to achieve a goal.
• n. A two-dimensional drawing of a building as seen from above with obscuring or irrelevant details such as…
• n. A method; a way of procedure; a custom.
• n. A subscription to a service; e.g., a phone plan, an internet plan.
• v. (transitive) To design (a building, machine, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To create a plan for.
• v. (intransitive) To intend.
• v. See plan on.
• v. (intransitive) To make a plan.

project

• n. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
• n. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
• n. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
• n. (obsolete) A projectile.
• n. (obsolete) A projection.
• n. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
• v. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
• v. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
• v. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
• v. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
• v. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own…
• v. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

send

• v. (transitive) To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another.
• v. (slang, dated) To excite, delight, or thrill (someone).
• v. To bring to a certain condition.
• v. (intransitive) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand.
• v. To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; sometimes followed by a dependent proposition.
• v. (nautical) To pitch.
• n. (telecommunications) An operation in which data is transmitted.
• n. (nautical) Alternative form of scend.

throw

• v. (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) To twist or turn.
• v. (transitive) To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.
• v. (transitive) To eject or cause to fall off.
• v. (transitive) To move to another position or condition; to displace.
• v. (ceramics) To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.
• v. (transitive, cricket) Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during…
• v. (transitive, computing) To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal…
• v. (sports) To intentionally lose a game.
• v. (transitive, informal) To confuse or mislead.
• v. (figuratively) To send desperately.
• v. (transitive) To imprison.
• v. To organize an event, especially a party.
• v. To roll (a die or dice).
• v. (transitive) To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.
• v. (transitive, bridge) To discard.
• v. (martial arts) To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position…
• v. (transitive) To subject someone to verbally.
• v. (transitive, said of one's voice) To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone…
• v. (transitive) To show sudden emotion, especially anger.
• v. (transitive) To project or send forth.
• v. To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.
• v. To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles,…
• v. (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.) To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role…
• n. The flight of a thrown object.
• n. The act of throwing something.
• n. One's ability to throw.
• n. A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.
• n. A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.
• n. A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.
• n. Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.
• n. (veterinary) The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.
• v. (transitive, said of animals) To give birth to.
• n. (obsolete) A moment, time, occasion.
• n. (obsolete) A period of time; a while.
• n. Misspelling of throe.