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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 attempt to get
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
hatching
formulating
machinating
thinking up
fabricating
developing
putting together
making up
engineering
conceiving
dreaming up
forming
masterminding
preparing
originating
setting up
forging
producing
composing
making
coming up with
finagling
fashioning
crafting
manufacturing
conspiring
intriguing
shaping
working out
trumping up
drafting
drawing up
orchestrating
manipulating
projecting
excogitating
putting up
finessing
building
brewing
conniving
drumming up
outlining
assembling
choreographing
negotiating
blueprinting
colluding
mapping out
coining
throwing together
evolving
fixing
establishing
working
laying out
vamping up
cogitating
modelling
UK
modeling
US
moulding
UK
casting
molding
US
strategizing about
scheming out
whipping up
brainstorming
charting
turning out
thinking of
bringing about
instituting
imagining
laying
founding
fixing up
hammering out
laying plans
directing
budgeting
rigging
mapping
discovering
angling
pulling strings
conceiving of
hitting on
hatching a plot
getting ready
stage-managing
generating
initiating
authoring
erecting
confecting
caballing
jockeying
calculating
launching
conjuring up
setting out
carving out
blocking out
doping out
playing games
throwing up
pioneering
conducting
readying
sketching
causing
fitting
piecing
spawning
complotting
compiling
codifying
improvising
beginning
instigating
strategizing
structuring
setting
sparking
pulling wires
vamping
fitting together
knocking together
knocking off
working up
forming a conspiracy
thrashing out
making arrangements for
marshaling
US
marshalling
UK
regulating
introducing
innovating
raising
exploiting
controlling
synthesizing
US
starting
scheduling
effecting
rearing
consorting
planning out
begetting
tailoring
rendering
adjusting
writing
spitballing
joining
thinking out
swinging
determining
churning out
sketching out
roughing out
constituting
deciding
operating
envisioning
knocking out
building up
sorting out
piecing together
grinding out
jacking up
participating in a conspiracy
cobbling together
starting up
ad-libbing
synthesising
UK
disposing
arraying
standardizing
US
rationalizing
US
schematizing
methodizing
running
adapting
spinning
purposing
shaping up
drawing
inaugurating
pondering
superintending
delineating
supervising
handling
yielding
systemizing
engendering
mobilizing
US
spearheading
catalyzing
US
fathering
issuing
programming
prepping
procuring
ushering in
steering
mounting
weaving
concerting
dreaming
figuring out
tracing
quarterbacking
deriving
carrying out
putting on
bringing into being
actualizing
commencing
coconspiring
perfecting
lining up
prefabbing
making arrangements
comping
faking it
completing
executing
framing up
rustling up
standardising
UK
getting in bed with
bringing off
bringing into existence
laying the foundations of
making ready
putting in place
fudging together
bringing
seeing about
taking part in a conspiracy
envisaging
working something out
mobilising
UK
codetermining
rationalising
UK
effectuating
catalysing
UK
making preparations for
preparing for
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
knocking up
compounding
bringing on
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
implementing
whipping out
rigging up
patching together
eking out
planning ahead
uncovering
bringing forth
stumbling upon
mooting
skeletoning
roughing
scripting
scribing
hooking
planning for
processing
conceptualising
UK
setting down
sculpting
carving
hewing
stamping
sequencing
carpentering
reconstructing
prefabricating
edifying
superstructing
jerry-building
finding
detecting
gearing
cultivating
tabulating
categorizing
US
ideating
conceiting
providing
laying on
having
throwing
propagating
dashing off
collaborating
revolutionizing
US
premeditating
slating
fabulizing
cooperating
fraternizing
US
connecting
making up off the top of one's head
finishing
patterning
consummating
harvesting
contemplating
visualizing
US
sparking off
obtaining
picturing
ruminating
visualising
UK
working on
speculating
cranking out
maturing
mixing up
batching
slapping together
stirring up
fictionalising
UK
fictionalizing
US
storifying
winging it
settling
realising
UK
elaborating
realizing
US
welding
sewing
sympathizing
US
equipping
supplying
editing
representing
forecasting
detailing
categorising
UK
systematising
UK
systematizing
US
mass-producing
bringing out
administering
patching up
joining up
sewing up
rattling off
resolving
accoutreing
outfitting
accoutring
furnishing
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
kicking off
coming out with
modernizing
US
giving rise to
having the bright idea of
presiding over
chalking out
meditating
one-upping
influencing
beguiling
bluffing
hustling
playing
lobbying
administrating
fixing to
laying in provisions
figuring on
reckoning on
bargaining for
roughing in
revolutionising
UK
bringing to pass
inducting
ringing in
modernising
UK
starting out
occasioning
inducing
working against
putting out a contract
putting in motion
patenting
setting in motion
starting off
parenting
giving birth to
opening up
being responsible for
straightening out
taking care of
budgeting for
getting off the ground
looking after
dealing with
getting together
timetabling
licking into shape
tightening up
pulling together
straightening up
making uniform
getting off
banging out
elevating
mixing
whomping up
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
concocting
formulating
framing
pioneering
coining
inaugurating
generating
discovering
masterminding
spawning
minting
bearing
fangling
coming up with
turning out
knocking off
tossing off
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
providing
jerrybuilding
setting up
flinging 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
posturing
fronting
disguising
putting on an act
posing
masquerading
playing
forging
inventing
kidding
malingering
messing
play-acting
putting it on
playing possum
putting on airs
four-flushing
going through the motions
putting on act
giving appearance of
making show of
putting on a false display
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
honoring
US
acting out
obeying
conquering
acquiring
honouring
UK
taking care of business
delivering the goods
abiding by
forming
doing it
polishing off
finishing up
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
polishing
refining
hacking
constructing
satisfying requirements
meeting requirements
disposing of
designing
tackling
actionizing
following up on
standing by
assembling
capping
crafting
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 attempt to get
angling for
aiming for
casting about for
conniving
conspiring
fishing for
hinting
hunting
inviting
looking for
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
planning
plotting
scheming
seeking
soliciting
striving
trying 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
two-faced
shady
sharp
sneaky
untrustworthy
shifty
furtive
insidious
deceptive
underhanded
stealthy
sneaking
shonky
snide
false
iffy
cagey
fly-by-night
double-dealing
dodgy
politic
canny
cautious
cynical
astute
wary
safe
careful
premeditating
circumspect
intelligent
perfidious
intriguing
amoral
opportunist
unconscionable
unethical
immoral
opportunistic
cutthroat
expedient
gingerly
considerate
chary
guarded
discreet
roguish
snidey
fraudulent
rogue
suspicious
crooked
bent
fast
lying
slimy
dubious
unhonest
mendacious
corrupt
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
disreputable
clever
questionable
beguiling
cute
insincere
fishy
smooth
scandalous
cagy
smart
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
cheating
suspect
villainous
secret
ingenious
streetwise
seedy
fly
knowing
dirty
sharp-witted
unreliable
rascally
surreptitious
covert
clandestine
evil
wicked
pawky
base
sinful
unfair
deceiving
savvy
traitorous
ignoble
vile
bad
unlawful
secretive
undependable
improper
deep
carny
indirect
evasive
dastardly
undercover
private
untruthful
underground
backstairs
knavish
degenerate
keen
dissembling
stealth
two-timing
privy
illegal
sneak
iniquitous
nefarious
hidden
depraved
black
sketchy
criminal
despicable
dark
corrupted
not to be trusted
unfaithful
vulpine
sinister
inglorious
dissolute
skilful
UK
skillful
US
exploitative
conscienceless
double-faced
murky
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
heinous
resourceful
discriminating
defrauding
shameless
infamous
truthless
delusive
unworthy
irresponsible
skulking
sordid
slinking
elusive
cloaked
ungodly
lawless
heady
unrighteous
contemptible
perverted
astucious
scoundrelly
hollow-hearted
false-hearted
quick-witted
sleazy
abject
malevolent
licentious
heads-up
wanton
malicious
fair-weather
under wraps
sub-rosa
not dependable
venal
not to be depended on
disgraceful
unctuous
counterfeit
judicious
acute
sensible
prudent
recreant
perspicacious
barbarous
quick
reprobate
swindling
diabolic
deft
notorious
ignominious
hoodwinking
untrue
dicey
disloyal
adroit
greasy
bluffing
sapient
mercenary
rotten
wrong
inventive
low
imaginative
Punic
unprofessional
concealed
arch
fiendish
debauched
trustless
self-seeking
argute
vicious
shameful
serpentine
hardheaded
hateful
opprobrious
suss
debased
low-down
double-crossing
felonious
undignified
funny
illicit
inequitable
outrageous
delinquent
inhuman
decadent
media-savvy
pernicious
crazy like a fox
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
defiled
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
dexterous
US
dangerous
deviant
trick
spurious
controlling
doubtful
cowboy
irregular
dextrous
UK
experienced
tactful
oblique
tricksy
diabolical
bum
complicitous
foul
impish
captious
illusory
mischievous
crazy like fox
unseemly
masked
untrusty
fickle
not trustworthy
fallacious
flagitious
negligent
penetrating
tactical
fink
flimflam
scam
shrouded
not to be relied upon
catlike
enigmatic
catty
silent
feline
noiseless
discreditable
disguised
quiet
salty
ornery
hostile
snaky
creepy
veiled
unsafe
mala fide
profane
sly like a fox
fallen
impure
delusory
watchful
rancorous
vitiated
forbidding
errant
libertine
demonic
evil-minded
vengeful
contemptuous
nasty
incorrigible
maleficent
profligate
louche
mean
dirty-dealing
not cricket
wry
witted
behind someone's back
on the QT
back-alley
cloak-and-dagger
on the quiet
shocking
unbecoming
cloak and dagger
sussed
hep
hole and corner
able
whip-smart
violent
scurrilous
barbaric
reprehensible
contumelious
nimble-witted
as sharp as a tack
with it
worldly-wise
disorderly
fake
of bad reputation
seamy
shy
unrespectable
unwholesome
shoddy
wrongful
artificial
feigned
phoney
UK
pretended
complicit
strategic
craft
adept
insightful
phony
US
sage
pitiable
beggarly
sorry
cheap
scurvy
lowly
lewd
derogatory
libidinous
backhanded
degrading
alert
ruthless
mealy
mealymouthed
cowardly
petty
brainy
double
yellow
degraded
wrongdoing
jive
Pecksniffian
casuistic
selfish
arrant
observant
lawbreaking
in low esteem
in the doghouse
no good
in bad
lip
hollow
profound
pretend
funny-looking
queer-looking
dishonest-looking
guilty-looking
mysterious-looking
strange-looking
accurate
probing
farsighted
ruffianly
shark
calculated
inside
pretentious
overdone
exaggerated
dissimulating
pseud
far-seeing
ambidextrous
wised up
in the know
on the inside
on top of
up on
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
tactical
respectful
wary
civil
sympathetic
heedful
circumspect
wise
gentle
perceptive
attentive
seemly
sensible
softly-softly
chary
urbane
sagacious
vigilant
guarded
observant
mindful
kid-glove
discriminating
alert
reasonable
watchful
intelligent
aware
expedient
cordial
polished
conservative
safe
gingerly
kind
mannerly
poised
insightful
solicitous
foresighted
judgmatic
judgmatical
politically correct
reserved
canny
unselfish
obliging
moderate
perspicacious
restrained
controlled
noncommittal
accommodating
worldly-wise
well judged
cooperative
liberal
tentative
calm
gradual
in one's best interests
belt-and-braces
patient
dignified
restorative
hesitant
reluctant
decorous
reticent
skilled
adroit
overcareful
overcautious
on the lookout
with eyes peeled
non-committal
with reservations
considered
sound
caring
informed
rational
complaisant
forbearing
enlightened
kindly
like a sport
commonsensical
face-saving
percipient
advisable
acute
compassionate
helpful
benevolent
sober
logical
sapient
sage
charitable
desirable
smart
sane
pawky
practical
argute
efficacious
regardful
gallant
concerned
friendly
neighbourly
UK
selfless
accurate
judicial
sophisticated
thorough
profound
keen
seasonable
just
common-sense
well advised
chivalrous
indulgent
tender
neighborly
US
kindhearted
well-judged
clear-sighted
well-advised
farsighted
quick-witted
thoughty
well-bred
social
well thought out
heads-up
long-headed
precautious
awake
temperate
having foresight
on lookout
not rash
levelheaded
reasoned
knowing
pragmatic
analytical
realistic
well-founded
learned
commonsense
solid
good
knowledgeable
analytic
deep
commonsensible
valid
intellectual
well-grounded
coherent
justified
penetrating
incisive
intuitive
cerebral
sharp-witted
level-headed
quick
scrupulous
objective
reflective
firm
grounded
together
well reasoned
erudite
scholarly
philosophical
deliberate
mature
credible
plausible
responsible
down-to-earth
matter-of-fact
well-reasoned
well-thought-out
well grounded
educated
provident
balanced
cogent
justifiable
thinking
hard
tenable
experienced
piercing
philosophic
ratiocinative
no-nonsense
well-informed
whip-smart
cool
full of common sense
punctilious
trenchant
razor-edged
knife-like
meticulous
leery
reliable
ready
brilliant
reasoning
bright
clear
contemplative
genius
deductive
foxy
visionary
penetrative
consequent
hard-headed
precocious
believable
legitimate
viable
gnostic
heady
cognitive
feasible
imaginative
astucious
full of insight
lucid
thought-out
all there
on the ball
based on good sense
with both feet on the ground
clear-eyed
razor-sharp
steady-going
in one's right mind
showing great knowledge
with great knowledge
on the qui vive
on guard
enterprising
deliberated
healthy
resourceful
cogitative
playing your cards close to your chest
fine
ingenious
congruent
businesslike
theoretical
critical
factual
unidealistic
well informed
gifted
straight
joined-up
hard-nosed
fastidious
hardheaded
pragmatical
cluey
fair
metaphysical
equitable
cagy
with one's feet on the ground
insighted
convincing
finicky
methodical
acceptable
decent
dispassionate
complex
rapier-like
fly
razor-like
exacting
detailed
weighty
authoritative
sentient
impartial
understandable
straightforward
prosaic
unemotional
plain
abstract
unprejudiced
telling
satisfying
satisfactory
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
well thought-out
esoteric
knows what's what
tuned in
ear to the ground
got it together
right-thinking
established
orthodox
accepted
right-minded
conscientious
on the alert
paying attention
taking notice
supportable
sustainable
defensible
empirical
maintainable
defendable
empiric
mental
measured
apprehensive
psychological
suspecting
suspicious
forethoughtful
phrenic
keeping a weather eye on
walking on eggs
on your toes
all ears
walking on egg shells
thinking twice
hedging your bets
keeping on one's toes
handling with kid gloves
taking it slow
playing safe
watching one's step
watching out
on the watch
intellective
psychic
psychical
subconscious
ideological
subliminal
streetwise
apt
witty
hip
sophic
au courant
having all one's marbles
serious-minded
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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
excogitation
forming
preparation
origin
interpretation
outset
conglomeration
manufacture
laying down
drawing up
shaping
instigation
complex
emergence
evolution
engendering
propagation
widening
thickening
unravelling
UK
germination
site
coming into being
unraveling
US
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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
setting-up
build
fitting together
prefabrication
output
processing
framing
writing
compilation
design
construct
concoction
rendering
industry
institution
spawning
causing
making up
thinking up
triggering
kindling
prompting
inspiration
nativity
nascency
preparation
yielding
direction
building up
bearing
provision
reproduction
assembling
tooling
finishing
composing
completion
preparing
doing
accomplishment
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