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Synonyms for devise
dɪˈvaɪzde·vise

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. devise

    Synonyms:
    contrive, plan, maneuvre, concert, manage

    Antonyms:
    miscontrive, mismanage

Princeton's WordNet2.0 / 1 vote

  1. devisenoun

    a will disposing of real property

  2. deviseverb

    (law) a gift of real property by will

  3. invent, contrive, devise, excogitate, formulate, forgeverb

    come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort

    "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"

    Synonyms:
    excogitate, ruminate, work, fake, prepare, make up, develop, contemplate, muse, get up, organize, fabricate, forge, plan, speculate, throw, cast, mull over, think over, form, mould, invent, word, manufacture, mull, explicate, reflect, fashion, articulate, spirt, cook up, organise, meditate, hammer, counterfeit, chew over, contrive, shape, phrase, ponder, spurt, give voice, formulate, project, design, machinate, mold

  4. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb

    arrange by systematic planning and united effort

    "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

    Synonyms:
    conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, prepare, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, get up, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educate

  5. deviseverb

    give by will, especially real property

    Synonyms:
    machinate, formulate, get up, invent, organise, excogitate, forge, prepare, contrive, organize

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 1 vote

  1. deviseverb

    Synonyms:
    contrive, invent, imagine, plan, scheme, project, brew, concert, concoct, COMPASS

  2. deviseverb

    Synonyms:
    bequeath, demise, leave, give by will

  3. devisenoun

    Synonyms:
    bequest, legacy

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.3 / 3 votes

  1. deviseverb

    Synonyms:
    contrive, invent, scheme, concoct, excogitate, bequeath

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "devise":

    develop, design, conceive, invent, formulate, designing, find, prepare, elaborate

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How to use devise in a sentence?

  1. Dudley Brown:

    Mr. President, if you want to devise a way to lose the 2020 elections, go against your base and support these two gun controls or any others.

  2. Bud Zaouk:

    Unlike the alcohol ignition interlocks which require you to blow into a devise and are used for convicted drunk drivers, DADSS is a driver assist system that would be seamless, take less than half a second, and use infrared light to measure a driver’s blood alcohol content in the breath or through the fingertips, which is far more reliable.

  3. The German:

    ... I hope very much in the weeks to come, we will be able to devise a common shared road map between France and Germany... We need more trust, much more trust and more specifically, results.

  4. Leonardo DaVinci:

    Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous.

  5. Krzysztof Kieślowski:

    Why did they devise censorship? To show a world which doesn’t exist, an ideal world, or what they envisaged as the ideal world. And we wanted to depict the world as it was.


Translations for devise

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  • ابتكرArabic
  • завещавам, измислям, изобретявамBulgarian
  • divisar, copçar, preveureCatalan, Valencian
  • navrhnoutCzech
  • finde på, opfinde, testamentere, udtænke, udarbejdeDanish
  • letztwillig vermachen, durch Testament verfügen, erdenken, ausdenken, planen, entwerfenGerman
  • σχεδιάσειGreek
  • درست کردنPersian
  • kekata, junailla, masinoida, keksiä, testamentata, suunnitellaFinnish
  • élaborer, concevoirFrench
  • cumIrish
  • הורישHebrew
  • architettare, congegnare, inventare, escogitareItalian
  • לִהַמצִיאHebrew
  • nectōLatin
  • whakangārahuMāori
  • deixar, tramar, projetar, idear, inventar, legar, delinearPortuguese
  • urziRomanian
  • замыслить, разрабатывать, завещать, замышлять, разработатьRussian
  • vyšpekulovať, poručiť, vymyslieť, odkázať, zanechaťSlovak
  • krijoj, sajojAlbanian
  • tänka ut, hitta på, uppfinnaSwedish
  • tasarlamak, miras bırakmakTurkish
  • Đưa raVietnamese
  • datikönVolapük

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