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What is another word for
contriving
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Verb
Having an opportunity, or an intention, to arrive at a specified outcome
Present participle for to devise or contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
Present participle for to devise or create something quickly or in a makeshift way
Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of
Present participle for to bring about or cause something to happen
Present participle for to carry out a plan with a specific purpose in mind
Present participle for to obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
Present participle for to indulge in fantasies about something desired
Present participle for to seek something desired by indirectly prompting someone to offer it
Present participle for to invoke or raise the presence of
Present participle for to ascertain through analysis or investigation
Present participle for to build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications
Adjective
Working in conjunction with another to deceitfully achieve one's goals
Having or showing an ability to deal with people in a tactful way
Noun
The action or process of inventing something, typically a process or device
The act of fabricating or manufacturing something
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Verb
▲
Having an opportunity, or an intention, to arrive at a specified outcome
getting
arranging
finding a way
engineering a way
managing
succeeding in
organizing
US
working it
fixing it
compassing
coordinating
designing
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
organising
UK
succeeding
wangling
devising
planning
concocting
framing
plotting
scheming
creating
inventing
constructing
cooking up
formulating
hatching
machinating
thinking up
developing
fabricating
conceiving
making up
forming
dreaming up
engineering
putting together
masterminding
forging
producing
originating
composing
preparing
coming up with
making
setting up
manufacturing
finagling
conspiring
fashioning
intriguing
crafting
shaping
working out
trumping up
drafting
orchestrating
manipulating
drawing up
excogitating
projecting
finessing
putting up
conniving
brewing
drumming up
outlining
building
coining
choreographing
negotiating
blueprinting
colluding
mapping out
evolving
fixing
assembling
working
laying out
vamping up
cogitating
throwing together
modelling
UK
modeling
US
moulding
UK
casting
molding
US
strategizing about
scheming out
whipping up
brainstorming
charting
establishing
thinking of
turning out
imagining
laying
fixing up
bringing about
hammering out
laying plans
generating
directing
budgeting
rigging
mapping
discovering
angling
pulling strings
carving out
hitting on
hatching a plot
getting ready
stage-managing
erecting
confecting
instituting
caballing
jockeying
calculating
spawning
conjuring up
setting out
blocking out
conceiving of
doping out
playing games
initiating
founding
pioneering
conducting
readying
sketching
authoring
causing
fitting
piecing
complotting
compiling
codifying
improvising
strategizing
structuring
setting
sparking
pulling wires
vamping
fitting together
knocking off
working up
forming a conspiracy
thrashing out
throwing up
making arrangements for
marshaling
US
marshalling
UK
raising
regulating
exploiting
controlling
inaugurating
scheduling
synthesizing
US
effecting
rearing
consorting
planning out
tailoring
begetting
rendering
adjusting
writing
spitballing
joining
thinking out
innovating
beginning
envisioning
swinging
determining
churning out
sketching out
roughing out
constituting
deciding
operating
executing
knocking out
building up
sorting out
piecing together
knocking together
grinding out
jacking up
participating in a conspiracy
cobbling together
starting up
ad-libbing
synthesising
UK
disposing
arraying
launching
running
adapting
spinning
methodizing
standardizing
US
purposing
starting
rationalizing
US
drawing
pondering
schematizing
superintending
delineating
supervising
handling
yielding
systemizing
engendering
mobilizing
US
programming
prepping
procuring
steering
mounting
weaving
concerting
dreaming
figuring out
tracing
quarterbacking
deriving
carrying out
putting on
prefabbing
coconspiring
perfecting
lining up
making arrangements
instigating
comping
compounding
faking it
completing
framing up
rustling up
standardising
UK
getting in bed with
bringing off
bringing into being
laying the foundations of
making ready
putting in place
fudging together
bringing
seeing about
taking part in a conspiracy
working something out
mobilising
UK
codetermining
rationalising
UK
making preparations for
preparing for
shaping up
penciling in
getting going
putting in order
playing it by ear
cobbling up
settling on
wheeling and dealing
grooming
seeing to
sculpturing
cutting
running up
being in cahoots
intending
proposing
ordering
floating
conceptualizing
US
ranging
feigning
classifying
promoting
achieving
penning
making secret plans
adumbrating
cogitating on
coming upon
fabling
diddling
diagramming
translating into
comprising
advancing
diagraming
bringing on
planning ahead
uncovering
bringing forth
stumbling upon
mooting
skeletoning
roughing
scripting
scribing
hooking
conceptualising
UK
setting down
bringing into existence
implementing
whipping out
actualizing
rigging up
patching together
eking out
sculpting
carving
hewing
stamping
sequencing
introducing
carpentering
reconstructing
prefabricating
edifying
superstructing
jerry-building
finding
detecting
gearing
planning for
tabulating
categorizing
US
processing
making up off the top of one's head
ideating
conceiting
occasioning
inducing
dashing off
collaborating
cultivating
premeditating
slating
fabulizing
cooperating
fraternizing
US
providing
effectuating
laying on
having
throwing
connecting
propagating
finishing
patterning
consummating
contemplating
fictionalising
UK
fictionalizing
US
storifying
winging it
settling
realising
UK
elaborating
realizing
US
welding
sewing
sympathizing
US
visualizing
US
sparking off
obtaining
picturing
ruminating
envisaging
visualising
UK
working on
speculating
cranking out
equipping
supplying
editing
harvesting
representing
forecasting
detailing
categorising
UK
systematising
UK
systematizing
US
administering
patching up
joining up
sewing up
rattling off
knocking up
resolving
accoutreing
outfitting
accoutring
furnishing
mass-producing
bringing out
banging out
sympathising
UK
fraternising
UK
working close
coming to terms about
coming to an agreement
making plans
coming to terms
pulling things together
agreeing on
setting stage
ironing out
making plans for
agreeing to
working together
hatching plans
engineering plans
conceiving a plan
formulating plans
working hand in glove
fiddling
thinking ahead
fitting out
appointing
getting up
anticipating
smoothing the way
endowing
filling in
making provision
overseeing
having the bright idea of
presiding over
chalking out
meditating
putting in motion
patenting
setting in motion
starting off
ushering in
parenting
giving birth to
opening up
one-upping
influencing
beguiling
bluffing
hustling
playing
lobbying
administrating
getting off
fixing to
laying in provisions
figuring on
reckoning on
bargaining for
roughing in
working against
putting out a contract
being responsible for
straightening out
taking care of
budgeting for
getting off the ground
looking after
dealing with
getting together
timetabling
licking into shape
elevating
mixing
whomping up
minting
fangling
bearing
tossing off
tightening up
pulling together
straightening up
making uniform
doctoring
staging
cooking
planting
pulling off
becasting
swinging it
hitting upon
wrangling
casting about
more ❯
“Indeed, there are a few who furtively
contrive
to use such arguments as a basis for rejecting any peace offensive.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to devise or contrive of (something) using skill or ingenuity
devising
inventing
creating
fabricating
forming
constructing
manufacturing
making
producing
fashioning
developing
designing
forging
composing
building
originating
conceiving
crafting
engineering
innovating
establishing
authoring
initiating
effecting
executing
actualizing
instigating
procuring
achieving
issuing
vamping
swinging
setting up
putting together
working out
laying out
bringing about
conceiving of
bringing into being
carrying out
causing to happen
founding
launching
introducing
assembling
catalyzing
US
fathering
instituting
concocting
spearheading
commencing
catalysing
UK
pioneering
revolutionizing
US
ushering in
kicking off
coming out with
drawing up
turning out
cooking up
giving rise to
starting
throwing together
beginning
modernizing
US
discovering
inducting
knocking off
bringing to pass
bringing into existence
putting up
modernising
UK
ringing in
starting out
effectuating
revolutionising
UK
knocking up
hatching
bringing on
knocking together
throwing up
more ❯
“The real miracle, though, is that you could
contrive
a way to have a food crisis.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to devise or create something quickly or in a makeshift way
devising
concocting
improvising
creating
rigging
inventing
coining
improvisating
extemporising
UK
extemporizing
US
faking
knocking up
throwing together
whipping up
rigging up
putting together
cobbling together
making up
knocking together
knocking off
ad-libbing
making do
winging it
rustling up
fixing up
preparing hastily
making hastily
preparing roughly
making roughly
patching together
putting together roughly
jerry-building
putting together hastily
jury-rigging
sparking
brainstorming
slapdashing
dreaming up
setting up hastily
assembling hastily
erecting hastily
thinking on one's feet
playing it by ear
making it up
flying by the seat of one's pants
assembling
cobbling up
throwing up
winging
scaring up
jerrybuilding
providing
flinging up
setting up
more ❯
“When they meet a teacher, parents generally act embarrassed, hastily
contrive
a few remarks, and rush away.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of
affecting
counterfeiting
faking
feigning
pretending
shamming
simulating
acting
assuming
bluffing
dissembling
fabricating
professing
putting on
imitating
passing for
playacting
making like
playing at
aspiring to
giving the appearance of
making a show of
doing a bit
making a pretence of
making out like
going through the motions of
laying it on thick
putting up a front
staging
spoofing
scheming
concocting
manufacturing
orchestrating
constructing
dissimulating
devising
designing
posing
masquerading
posturing
putting on an act
putting it on
playing
impersonating
mimicking
aping
kidding
play-acting
lying
adopting
doing
disguising
playing possum
acting out
acting like
putting on a front
cheating
mirroring
deceiving
inventing
falsifying
malingering
fronting
misleading
doing like
taking on
four-flushing
faking it
shucking and jiving
putting on a false front
going through the motions
mocking
hoaxing
dittoing
deluding
mimeoing
defrauding
forging
swinging the lead
purporting
messing
putting up a front of
going like
putting on airs
passing off
pretending to have
passing oneself off as
striking
pulling
making as if
claiming falsely
faking out
exhibiting
making show of
putting on act
giving appearance of
professing to have
putting on a false display
copying
seeming to be
posturing as
reproducing
misrepresenting
parroting
displaying
pretending to be
prevaricating
hiding
concealing
masking
equivocating
cloaking
veiling
embodying
developing
whitewashing
pirating
camouflaging
stonewalling
creating
exaggerating
resembling
suggesting
featuring
shrouding
personating
becoming
showing
pussyfooting
covering
making out
doubling as
turning into
coming to have
laying on
letting on
knocking off
taking off
dressing up
conjuring up
doing a take-off
covering up
mocking up
putting up a smoke screen
more ❯
“The shy person who must
contrive
an air of confidence and warmth in a crowd.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to bring about or cause something to happen
effecting
achieving
accomplishing
carrying out
conducting
enacting
realising
UK
realizing
US
attaining
enforcing
executing
implementing
bringing off
carrying off
carrying through
launching
engineering
performing
administering
bringing about
organising
UK
organizing
US
perpetrating
making
fulfilling
completing
fixing
consummating
doing
causing
effectuating
bringing
administrating
finalising
UK
finalizing
US
pulling off
generating
initiating
managing
provoking
putting in place
creating
discharging
producing
succeeding in
arranging for
calling forth
finishing
giving rise to
occasioning
bringing to pass
concluding
originating
rendering
setting up
actuating
engendering
precipitating
starting
causing to happen
causing to occur
making happen
wreaking
running
kindling
begetting
breeding
bringing on
catalysing
UK
catalyzing
US
drawing on
inducing
invoking
prompting
spawning
working
yielding
actualizing
beginning
putting across
resulting in
translating into
turning out
turning the trick
instilling
promoting
advancing
furthering
contributing
instigating
leading to
driving
triggering
spurring
sparking
fomenting
activating
playing a part in
culminating in
eliciting
inspiring
playing a role in
contributing to
bearing
affecting
conducing
setting off
amounting to
conducing to
bringing forth
adding up to
undertaking
making for
applying
arranging
succeeding
finishing off
establishing
encouraging
being a factor in
having a hand in
fostering
adding to
inciting
stimulating
impelling
arousing
influencing
pushing forward
cultivating
stirring up
sparking off
opening the door for
introducing
setting in motion
helping
evoking
being responsible for
triggering off
touching off
procuring
putting in motion
finishing in
making possible
having the effect of
entailing
enkindling
whipping up
ending in
oiling the wheels of
forwarding
having a part in
drawing out
spelling
bringing out
being partly responsible for
enabling
employing
imposing
providing the means for
putting into effect
putting into practice
following up
operationalizing
going through with
putting into action
putting through
putting into operation
following out
following through
leading
following through with
bringing to fruition
getting done
sewing up
doing one proud
bearing out
making it
making good
scoring
racking up
delivering on
perfecting
making good on
living up to
fulfilling your potential
making the grade
gaining fulfillment
getting there
nailing it
wrapping up
satisfying
clinching
negotiating
reaching
prosecuting
chalking up
clocking up
notching up
compassing
meeting
taking care of
securing
following through on
following
hitting
observing
committing
bringing to completion
doing the trick
doing justice to
transacting
acting upon
striking
arriving at
exercising
finishing up
honoring
US
acting out
obeying
conquering
acquiring
honouring
UK
taking care of business
delivering the goods
abiding by
forming
doing it
polishing off
accomplishing it
fulfilling one's task
finishing it
completing it
installing
pursuing
keeping
acting on
materializing
US
materialising
UK
dispatching
nailing
heeding
earning
dealing with
seizing
landing
carrying to completion
filling
authorising
UK
bagging
making a reality
acquitting oneself of
authorizing
US
coming through
putting in force
keeping to
adhering to
conforming to
complying with
crowning
topping off
rounding off
putting the final touches to
sticking to
acting in accordance with
finalizing it
putting the finishing touches to
achieving it
commencing
finding
instituting
constituting
founding
inaugurating
staging
ticking
building
presenting
swinging
cutting
developing
making work
bringing home the bacon
hacking
polishing
refining
constructing
satisfying requirements
meeting requirements
disposing of
designing
tackling
actionizing
following up on
standing by
assembling
crafting
capping
winding up
playing out
setting
composing
forging
machinating
fashioning
plying
determining
putting on
going that route
rigging
fabricating
casting
authoring
piecing
shaping
erecting
germinating
molding
US
serving
exacting
engaging
sailing through
putting over
doing the job
moulding
UK
responding to
doing to a turn
running with the ball
operating
working on
exerting
processing
earning one's wings
setting down
getting out of the way
making short work of
inflicting
doing to a T
bringing into existence
bringing into being
knocking together
knocking up
reifying
starting in on
actioning
taking action on
giving rise to it
realizing it
bringing it to pass
causing it
implementing it
bringing it to fruition
incarnating
grasping
making real
bringing to bear
serving out
bringing into effect
dealing out
bringing into play
gaining
wresting
snagging
winning
netting
legislating
declaring
passing
ringing up
logging
corporealizing
reorganizing
US
making concrete
reorganising
UK
decreeing
drafting
idealising
UK
bringing to perfection
putting finishing touch on
reaching the summit of
idealizing
US
latching onto
getting someplace
formulating
making hay
fulfilling one's potential
keeping faith with
doing a bang-up job
putting it over
putting the tin lid on
providing
sanctioning
ratifying
supplying
giving
proclaiming
drawing up
approving
engaging in
laying down
waging
furnishing
dictating
confirming
dispensing
delivering
coming up with
coming across
dropping
imparting
handing over
having
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to carry out a plan with a specific purpose in mind
designing
intending
aiming
devising
purposing
planning
tailoring
fashioning
making fitting
adjusting
adapting
proposing
purporting
conceiving
constructing
fitting
preparing
shaping
gearing
equipping
meaning
destining
orienting
Verb
▲
Present participle for to obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods or by trickery
manipulating
tricking
cheating
conning
deceiving
duping
finagling
fooling
hoodwinking
misleading
swindling
bamboozling
beguiling
defrauding
deluding
hoaxing
jockeying
swaying
bilking
entrapping
impressing
outmaneuvering
US
outmanoeuvring
UK
scamming
wangling
biasing
US
biassing
UK
bluffing
snookering
stiffing
suckering
trapping
gaslighting
double-crossing
ripping off
stringing along
doing a number on
playing games
pulling strings
pulling wires
setting up
stage-managing
sucking in
taking for a ride
leading up the garden path
pulling a fast one on
twisting around your little finger
Verb
▲
Present participle for to indulge in fantasies about something desired
dreaming
fantasising
UK
fantasizing
US
daydreaming
contemplating
imagining
envisioning
visualising
UK
visualizing
US
musing
romanticising
UK
romanticizing
US
fancying
craving
hankering
idealising
UK
idealizing
US
longing
lusting
pining
woolgathering
picturing
aiming for
aspiring to
building castles in air
conceiving of
conjuring up pictures
desiring to
hankering after
hoping for
hungering for
living in a dream world
longing for
seeking to
thirsting after
thirsting for
wishing for
wishing to
yearning for
having as one's aim
having as one's goal
ideating
setting one's heart on
setting your sights on
sighing
envisaging
conceiving
thinking
figuring
projecting
perceiving
seeing
visioning
imaging
conceiting
hallucinating
fantasying
featuring
romancing
mooning
pretending
conjuring up
indulging in fantasy
building castles in Spain
building castles in the air
indulging in fancy
indulging in wool-gathering
tripping out
seeing visions
play-acting
giving free rein to the imagination
stargazing
gushing
rhapsodizing
US
swooning
rhapsodising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to seek something desired by indirectly prompting someone to offer it
angling for
soliciting
inviting
seeking
conniving
hinting
plotting
scheming
hunting
looking for
aiming for
casting about for
fishing for
trying to get
Verb
▲
Present participle for to invoke or raise the presence of
conjuring up
invoking
conjuring
raising
evoking
summoning
calling
creating
materialising
UK
materializing
US
calling up
producing as by magic
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ascertain through analysis or investigation
determining
ascertaining
discerning
discovering
establishing
deducing
detecting
figuring out
finding out
identifying
learning
verifying
working out
fathoming
figuring
finding
perceiving
uncovering
adding up
conceiving
confirming
intuiting
noticing
observing
picking up
realising
UK
realizing
US
recognising
UK
recognizing
US
seeing
sensing
spotting
unearthing
catching on
coming upon
descrying
diagnosing
divining
getting
getting to know
having a hunch
reading
sizing up
coming to know
fathoming out
making out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to build or alter according to personal preferences or specifications
customising
UK
customizing
US
personalising
UK
personalizing
US
modifying
tailoring
adapting
altering
converting
fashioning
designing
tailor-making
custom-making
making to order
making specially
Adjective
▲
Working in conjunction with another to deceitfully achieve one's goals
conniving
cunning
devious
crafty
scheming
sly
wily
tricky
artful
guileful
deceitful
unscrupulous
calculating
underhand
designing
treacherous
duplicitous
foxy
unprincipled
Machiavellian
slick
slippery
subtle
disingenuous
manipulative
plotting
slim
colluding
collusive
conspiratorial
conspiring
caballing
Janus-faced
shrewd
dishonest
sneaky
shifty
insidious
two-faced
shady
untrustworthy
furtive
slimy
deceptive
underhanded
stealthy
sneaking
shonky
snide
false
iffy
cagey
fly-by-night
double-dealing
dodgy
politic
cynical
astute
perfidious
intriguing
amoral
opportunist
unconscionable
unethical
immoral
opportunistic
cutthroat
expedient
roguish
snidey
fraudulent
rogue
suspicious
crooked
bent
sharp
fast
lying
dubious
unhonest
mendacious
corrupt
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
disreputable
clever
questionable
canny
beguiling
fishy
cute
suspect
insincere
smooth
cagy
smart
unsavory
US
unsavoury
UK
scandalous
seedy
cheating
villainous
ingenious
secret
streetwise
fly
intelligent
knowing
unfair
dirty
sharp-witted
unreliable
surreptitious
covert
clandestine
rascally
pawky
evil
wicked
base
savvy
sinful
exploitative
deceiving
vile
bad
traitorous
ignoble
unlawful
secretive
undependable
deep
carny
sketchy
improper
indirect
evasive
dastardly
undercover
private
untruthful
murky
underground
backstairs
knavish
degenerate
keen
dissembling
stealth
two-timing
privy
illegal
sneak
iniquitous
nefarious
hidden
depraved
black
despicable
criminal
dark
corrupted
not to be trusted
unfaithful
vulpine
dissolute
sinister
skilful
UK
skillful
US
inglorious
conscienceless
double-faced
unconscientious
street-smart
street smart
hypocritical
perceptive
discerning
hush-hush
wise
behind-the-scenes
hugger-mugger
misleading
hole-and-corner
faithless
under the table
sagacious
resourceful
heinous
discriminating
defrauding
shameless
truthless
unworthy
delusive
irresponsible
skulking
slinking
elusive
cloaked
ungodly
lawless
heady
unrighteous
perverted
astucious
scoundrelly
hollow-hearted
false-hearted
cautious
infamous
contemptible
quick-witted
abject
malevolent
sleazy
heads-up
wanton
malicious
fair-weather
under wraps
sub-rosa
not dependable
venal
not to be depended on
unctuous
counterfeit
judicious
acute
disgraceful
sensible
prudent
recreant
perspicacious
barbarous
quick
sordid
reprobate
swindling
diabolic
deft
hoodwinking
untrue
dicey
imaginative
adroit
disloyal
greasy
bluffing
sapient
mercenary
rotten
ignominious
wrong
inventive
Punic
unprofessional
fiendish
concealed
arch
debauched
trustless
self-seeking
argute
low
serpentine
hardheaded
vicious
circumspect
hateful
suss
debased
low-down
double-crossing
felonious
undignified
funny
illicit
opprobrious
inequitable
delinquent
inhuman
licentious
shameful
notorious
decadent
media-savvy
pernicious
crazy like a fox
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
defiled
outrageous
inexorable
spiteful
objectionable
vindictive
hard-boiled
of dubious character
under-the-table
on the ball
scrofulous
virulent
morally wrong
long-headed
potentially illegal
shadowy
bribable
corruptible
purchasable
mysterious
abusive
dangerous
deviant
trick
spurious
exploitive
controlling
doubtful
cowboy
tricksy
irregular
tactful
oblique
diabolical
impish
captious
illusory
mischievous
bum
crazy like fox
foul
penetrating
unseemly
masked
untrusty
fickle
fallacious
flagitious
negligent
sly like a fox
tactical
careful
not trustworthy
fink
flimflam
scam
shrouded
wary
all talk and no action
not to be relied upon
catlike
enigmatic
catty
silent
feline
noiseless
disguised
quiet
salty
ornery
hostile
snaky
creepy
veiled
discreditable
unsafe
mala fide
watchful
profane
fallen
reprehensible
impure
delusory
discreet
rancorous
vitiated
forbidding
errant
libertine
demonic
evil-minded
vengeful
contemptuous
nasty
incorrigible
maleficent
profligate
experienced
sussed
hep
dirty-dealing
not cricket
wry
witted
able
behind someone's back
on the QT
back-alley
cloak-and-dagger
on the quiet
unbecoming
cloak and dagger
mean
whip-smart
hole and corner
dexterous
US
dextrous
UK
nimble-witted
as sharp as a tack
with it
worldly-wise
violent
scurrilous
barbaric
contumelious
shoddy
scurvy
cheap
fake
wrongful
insightful
artificial
feigned
shocking
phoney
UK
pretended
phony
US
louche
sage
alert
sorry
pitiable
of bad reputation
seamy
shy
beggarly
unrespectable
lowly
unwholesome
no good
disorderly
backhanded
brainy
degrading
ruthless
mealy
mealymouthed
cowardly
observant
petty
double
yellow
degraded
wrongdoing
jive
Pecksniffian
casuistic
selfish
arrant
lawbreaking
profound
lip
hollow
pretend
accurate
probing
farsighted
funny-looking
queer-looking
dishonest-looking
guilty-looking
mysterious-looking
strange-looking
shark
calculated
inside
ruffianly
pretentious
overdone
exaggerated
dissimulating
far-seeing
wised up
in the know
on the inside
pseud
on top of
up on
ambidextrous
phoney-baloney
put-on
phony-baloney
left-handed
not candid
not frank
lacking sincerity
with tongue in cheek
unjust
malfeasant
backbiting
untrusted
more ❯
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Having or showing an ability to deal with people in a tactful way
diplomatic
discreet
considerate
prudent
thoughtful
careful
politic
cautious
tactful
sensitive
judicious
discerning
polite
subtle
delicate
courteous
astute
shrewd
calculating
gracious
understanding
artful
cagey
guileful
skilful
UK
strategic
wily
clever
skillful
US
savvy
sharp
suave
deft
dextrous
UK
dexterous
US
adept
opportunistic
sly
smooth
brainy
capable
conciliatory
conniving
crafty
cunning
intriguing
scheming
treating with kid gloves
wary
respectful
circumspect
civil
sympathetic
wise
heedful
tactical
perceptive
seemly
sensible
gentle
sagacious
attentive
softly-softly
chary
discriminating
vigilant
guarded
reasonable
expedient
intelligent
urbane
observant
insightful
canny
judgmatic
judgmatical
mindful
perspicacious
kid-glove
worldly-wise
well judged
considered
sound
alert
informed
watchful
rational
aware
cordial
polished
enlightened
conservative
safe
gingerly
kind
mannerly
poised
commonsensical
percipient
advisable
acute
solicitous
foresighted
politically correct
reserved
sober
logical
sapient
sage
unselfish
obliging
desirable
smart
sane
pawky
practical
restrained
moderate
efficacious
controlled
noncommittal
accurate
judicial
sophisticated
thorough
profound
keen
seasonable
just
accommodating
common-sense
well advised
well-judged
clear-sighted
well-advised
farsighted
quick-witted
cooperative
well thought out
heads-up
long-headed
liberal
tentative
patient
belt-and-braces
in one's best interests
hesitant
reluctant
reticent
decorous
skilled
adroit
overcareful
overcautious
on the lookout
with eyes peeled
non-committal
with reservations
caring
complaisant
forbearing
kindly
like a sport
compassionate
helpful
benevolent
charitable
argute
regardful
gallant
concerned
friendly
neighbourly
UK
selfless
chivalrous
indulgent
tender
neighborly
US
kindhearted
thoughty
well-bred
social
dignified
face-saving
restorative
precautious
awake
temperate
having foresight
on lookout
not rash
levelheaded
knowing
reasoned
deep
pragmatic
learned
analytical
knowledgeable
penetrating
intellectual
realistic
well-founded
commonsense
solid
good
reflective
analytic
commonsensible
valid
well-grounded
coherent
justified
philosophical
scholarly
incisive
intuitive
scrupulous
cerebral
sharp-witted
level-headed
quick
erudite
objective
firm
grounded
together
well reasoned
deliberate
provident
mature
credible
plausible
hard
weighty
responsible
down-to-earth
matter-of-fact
well-reasoned
full of insight
well-thought-out
well grounded
showing great knowledge
with great knowledge
educated
leery
balanced
cogent
justifiable
thinking
tenable
experienced
serious
piercing
esoteric
philosophic
ratiocinative
no-nonsense
well-informed
whip-smart
cool
full of common sense
on the qui vive
on guard
punctilious
trenchant
razor-edged
knife-like
meticulous
reliable
ready
brilliant
reasoning
bright
clear
abstruse
recondite
contemplative
measured
apprehensive
genius
deductive
foxy
visionary
penetrative
arcane
consequent
hard-headed
precocious
suspecting
suspicious
forethoughtful
believable
legitimate
viable
gnostic
heady
hermetic
hermetical
cognitive
feasible
imaginative
astucious
lucid
thought-out
keeping a weather eye on
all there
walking on eggs
on the ball
based on good sense
on your toes
acroamatic
all ears
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
hedging your bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
taking it slow
with both feet on the ground
occult
clear-eyed
playing safe
razor-sharp
orphic
steady-going
in one's right mind
watching one's step
watching out
secret
on the watch
enterprising
deliberated
healthy
resourceful
theoretical
cogitative
playing your cards close to your chest
fine
ingenious
congruent
businesslike
metaphysical
critical
factual
unidealistic
well informed
gifted
straight
joined-up
hard-nosed
fastidious
hardheaded
pragmatical
cluey
fair
convincing
equitable
abstract
cagy
with one's feet on the ground
insighted
finicky
methodical
acceptable
decent
authoritative
dispassionate
complex
rapier-like
fly
razor-like
exacting
detailed
sentient
impartial
understandable
straightforward
prosaic
unemotional
plain
telling
satisfying
satisfactory
unprejudiced
unexcessive
right
evenhanded
legit
fair-minded
open to reason
admissible
making sense
clear-cut
unbiased
standing to reason
consistent
unextreme
conscious
appreciative
cute
prescient
responsive
unimpassioned
cold
well considered
faultless
infallible
collected
certain
got it together
well thought-out
right-thinking
established
orthodox
accepted
right-minded
knows what's what
tuned in
ear to the ground
conscientious
on the alert
paying attention
supportable
sustainable
defensible
empirical
maintainable
defendable
empiric
mental
psychological
confronting
phrenic
thought-provoking
intellective
psychic
difficult
hard-hitting
challenging
provocative
psychical
subconscious
heavy
intensive
ideological
confrontational
subliminal
streetwise
apt
witty
hip
sophic
au courant
having all one's marbles
serious-minded
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or process of inventing something, typically a process or device
invention
creation
origination
inception
development
formation
construction
establishment
design
production
conception
institution
formulation
introduction
foundation
devising
constitution
contrivance
innovation
finding
pioneering
discovery
masterminding
concoction
setting up
initiation
birth
beginning
start
commencement
inauguration
launching
genesis
launch
opening
installation
founding
unveiling
installment
US
instalment
UK
generation
inaugural ceremony
opening ceremony
initiation ceremony
making
forming
preparation
origin
interpretation
outset
conglomeration
manufacture
laying down
drawing up
instigation
complex
shaping
emergence
evolution
widening
thickening
unravelling
UK
germination
engendering
propagation
site
arising
unraveling
US
coming into being
more ❯
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▲
The act of fabricating or manufacturing something
fabrication
construction
production
building
creation
assembly
manufacture
making
erection
forming
forging
invention
fashioning
shaping
modeling
US
modelling
UK
raising
elevation
assemblage
putting together
setting up
putting up
composition
formation
origination
conception
manufacturing
producing
creating
development
moulding
UK
mass production
establishment
structure
authoring
formulation
molding
US
devising
fancying
imagination
planning
causation
occasioning
performing
constituting
designing
fabricating
erecting
arrangement
constitution
casting
format
figuration
foundation
architecture
engineering
produce
generation
inception
constructing
genesis
initiation
engendering
hatching
mass-production
turning out
laying down
build
prefabrication
output
processing
framing
writing
compilation
design
construct
concoction
rendering
industry
institution
spawning
causing
making up
thinking up
setting-up
triggering
kindling
prompting
inspiration
nativity
nascency
preparation
yielding
direction
fitting together
building up
bearing
provision
reproduction
assembling
tooling
finishing
composing
completion
preparing
doing
accomplishment
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